linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 02/27] x86, mm: make pgd next calculation consistent with pud/pmd

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Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:34:37 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 02/27] x86, mm: make pgd next calculation consistent
 with pud/pmd

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 02:01:56PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> Just like PUD_SIZE, and PMD_SIZE next calculation, aka
> round down and add size.

Why? Please explain more verbosely.

> also remove not need next checking, just pass end instead.
> later phys_pud_init uses PTRS_PER_PUD checking to exit early
> if end is too big.

Where? In the for-loop? Where does it check 'end'?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/mm/init_64.c |    6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> index 4178530..91f116a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> @@ -530,9 +530,7 @@ kernel_physical_mapping_init(unsigned long start,
>  		pgd_t *pgd = pgd_offset_k(start);
>  		pud_t *pud;
>  
> -		next = (start + PGDIR_SIZE) & PGDIR_MASK;
> -		if (next > end)
> -			next = end;
> +		next = (start & PGDIR_MASK) + PGDIR_SIZE;
>  
>  		if (pgd_val(*pgd)) {
>  			pud = (pud_t *)pgd_page_vaddr(*pgd);
> @@ -542,7 +540,7 @@ kernel_physical_mapping_init(unsigned long start,
>  		}
>  
>  		pud = alloc_low_page();
> -		last_map_addr = phys_pud_init(pud, __pa(start), __pa(next),
> +		last_map_addr = phys_pud_init(pud, __pa(start), __pa(end),
>  						 page_size_mask);
>  
>  		spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
> -- 
> 1.7.10.4

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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