Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/mm: Remove long disabled SLB code

From: Balbir Singh <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:54:57 +1100

On 16/03/16 21:56, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> We have a bunch of SLB related code in the tree which is there to handle
> dynamic VSIDs - but currently it's all disabled at compile time. The
> comments say "Keep that around for when we re-implement dynamic VSIDs".
>
> But that was over 10 years ago (commit 3c726f8dee6f ("[PATCH] ppc64:
> support 64k pages")). The chance that it would still work unchanged is
> minimal, and in the meantime it's confusing to folks browsing/grepping
> the code. If we ever want to re-instate it, it's in the git history.
and older kernels :)
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <[email-masked]>
>
Makes sense, given that none of the code is exercised, it makes sense to remove it or keep it tested and updated. Removal makes more sense

Acked-by: Balbir Singh <[email-masked]>