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    [PATCH] ppc64: Convert mm_context_t to a struct · 5b9c017d
    Andrew Morton authored
    From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
    
    Converts the mm_context_t on ppc64 to be a struct.  This lets us separate
    the low_hpages flag into a separate field rather than folding it into the
    actual context id.  That makes things neater, since the flag is
    conceptually separate and has, for example, should be propogate across a
    fork whereas the context ID obviously isn't.  The mm_context_id is the only
    place to put arch-specific information in the mm_struct.
    
    This patch will also make some interesting extensions to the hugepage
    support much easier, such as allowing dynamic resizing of the hugepage
    address space, or using special pagetables for hugepages.
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