# Re: \[PATCH\] powerpc/mm: use \_raw variant of page table accessors

- From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt \<benh@kernel.crashing.org\>
- Date: 2016-06-05 22:31:00 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2016/06/9490303
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2016/05/9490196/t.md

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On Fri, 2016-06-03 at 15:34 +1000, Balbir Singh wrote:
> 
> Can we just save the cpu_to_be64(_PAGE_PTE) as _BE64_PAGE_PTE constant
> in big-endian (pgtable-be-types.h) and similar for other things. I know its
> not the best option, but we don't really expect these bits to change often or anymore
> 
How does that help ? The compiler solves it at compile time either
way, I'm not sure adding yet another constant will improve
readability here.

Cheers,
Ben.
```