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Date:   Thu, 3 Nov 2016 15:51:07 +0000
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 5/6] arm64: Use __pa_symbol for _end

On Wed, Nov 02, 2016 at 05:56:42PM -0600, Laura Abbott wrote:
> On 11/02/2016 04:52 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> >On Wed, Nov 02, 2016 at 03:00:53PM -0600, Laura Abbott wrote:
> >>
> >>__pa_symbol is technically the marco that should be used for kernel
> >>symbols. Switch to this as a pre-requisite for DEBUG_VIRTUAL.
> >
> >Nit: s/marco/macro/
> >
> >I see there are some other uses of __pa() that look like they could/should be
> >__pa_symbol(), e.g. in mark_rodata_ro().
> >
> >I guess strictly speaking those need to be updated to? Or is there a reason
> >that we should not?
> 
> If the concept of __pa_symbol is okay then yes I think all uses of __pa
> should eventually be converted for consistency and debugging.

I have no strong feelings either way about __pa_symbol(); I'm not clear on what
the purpose of __pa_symbol() is specifically, but I'm happy even if it's just
for consistency with other architectures.

However, if we use it I think that we should (attempt to) use it consistently
from the outset. 

Thanks,
Mark.