linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: replace magic number with PAGE_SHIFT macro in fixup

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Date:	Fri, 28 Nov 2014 02:17:55 -0500 (EST)
From:	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
To:	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@...panasonic.com>
cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Victor Kamensky <victor.kamensky@...aro.org>,
	Christopher Covington <cov@...eaurora.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: replace magic number with PAGE_SHIFT macro in
 fixup_pv code

On Fri, 28 Nov 2014, Masahiro Yamada wrote:

> This line converts PHYS_OFFSET into PHYS_PFN_OFFSET.
> It is better to use PAGE_SHIFT rather than the magic number 12.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@...panasonic.com>

Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>


> ---
> 
>  arch/arm/kernel/head.S | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> index 664eee8..ecb7be8 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
> @@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ __fixup_pv_table:
>  	add	r5, r5, r3	@ adjust table end address
>  	add	r6, r6, r3	@ adjust __pv_phys_pfn_offset address
>  	add	r7, r7, r3	@ adjust __pv_offset address
> -	mov	r0, r8, lsr #12	@ convert to PFN
> +	mov	r0, r8, lsr #PAGE_SHIFT	@ convert to PFN
>  	str	r0, [r6]	@ save computed PHYS_OFFSET to __pv_phys_pfn_offset
>  	strcc	ip, [r7, #HIGH_OFFSET]	@ save to __pv_offset high bits
>  	mov	r6, r3, lsr #24	@ constant for add/sub instructions
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
> 
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