linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 3/7] x86: clean up asm-x86/page*.h

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Date:	Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:42:59 -0200
From:	"Glauber de Oliveira Costa" <glommer@...il.com>
To:	"Jeremy Fitzhardinge" <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Andi Kleen" <ak@...e.de>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Zach Amsden" <zach@...are.com>,
	"Jeremy Fitzhardinge" <Jeremy.Fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 3/7] x86: clean up asm-x86/page*.h

On Nov 7, 2007 11:50 PM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:
> +#define PAGETABLE_LEVELS       3
> +
> +typedef u64    pteval_t;
> +typedef u64    pmdval_t;
> +typedef u64    pudval_t;
> +typedef u64    pgdval_t;
> +

> -static inline unsigned long long native_pgd_val(pgd_t pgd)
> +static inline pgdval_t native_pgd_val(pgd_t pgd)
>  {
Maybe these kind of things, the typedef and native_xxx definitions can
go into the common header, after we define the PAGETABLE_LEVELS
constant?
I think the more goes into common headers, the better.

> -static inline pte_t native_make_pte(unsigned long long val)
> +static inline pte_t native_make_pte(pteval_t val)
>  {
>         return (pte_t) { .pte_low = val, .pte_high = (val >> 32) } ;
>  }
Although these make_xxx things can probably be just left here...


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