Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm: cleanup pfn_t usage in track_pfn_insert()

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Sep 06 2016 - 16:20:06 EST


On Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:49:47 -0700 Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Now that track_pfn_insert() is no longer used in the DAX path, it no
> longer needs to comprehend pfn_t values.

What's the benefit in this? A pfn *should* have type pfn_t, shouldn't
it? Confused.