Re: [PATCH 03/12] __wr_after_init: generic header

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On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 11:38:16AM -0800, Nadav Amit wrote:
> > On Dec 19, 2018, at 1:33 PM, Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > +static inline void *wr_memset(void *p, int c, __kernel_size_t len)
> > +{
> > +	return __wr_op((unsigned long)p, (unsigned long)c, len, WR_MEMSET);
> > +}
> 
> What do you think about doing something like:
> 
> #define __wr          __attribute__((address_space(5)))
> 
> And then make all the pointers to write-rarely memory to use this attribute?
> It might require more changes to the code, but can prevent bugs.

I like this idea.  It was something I was considering suggesting.



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