Re: [RFC PATCH v2 06/20] powerpc/8xx: Fix size given to set_huge_pte_at()

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 04:31:39PM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Hi Oscar, hi Michael,
> 
> Le 20/05/2024 à 11:14, Oscar Salvador a écrit :
> > On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 09:00:00PM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> >> set_huge_pte_at() expects the real page size, not the psize which is
> > 
> > "expects the size of the huge page" sounds bettter?
> 
> Parameter 'pzize' already provides the size of the hugepage, but not in 
> the way set_huge_pte_at() expects it.
> 
> psize has one of the values defined by MMU_PAGE_XXX macros defined in 
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h while set_huge_pte_at() expects the size 
> as a value.

Yes, psize is an index, which is not a size by itself but used to get
mmu_psize_def.shift to see the actual size, I guess.
This is why I thought that being explicit about "expects the size of the
huge page" was better.

But no strong feelings here.


-- 
Oscar Salvador
SUSE Labs




[Index of Archives]     [Linux ARM Kernel]     [Linux ARM]     [Linux Omap]     [Fedora ARM]     [IETF Annouce]     [Bugtraq]     [Linux OMAP]     [Linux MIPS]     [eCos]     [Asterisk Internet PBX]     [Linux API]

  Powered by Linux