linux-kernel - Re: [patch 29/29] initrd: Fix virtual/physical mix-up in overwrite test

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Message-Id: <20080726.234629.72707418.anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Date:	Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:46:29 +0900 (JST)
From:	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
To:	geert@...ux-m68k.org
Cc:	ralf@...ux-mips.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 29/29] initrd: Fix virtual/physical mix-up in overwrite
 test

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:22:20 +0200 (CEST), Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> So there's definitely room for a small janitors project...
> 
> Probably the best short term solution is to make mips' virt_to_page()
> cast to `unsigned long' internally, like the other platforms.
>
> Alternatively, you can try the patch below (compile-tested on mips :-),
> which does add a cast to the generic code.

Thanks, I prefer this one for short term solution, while I think
explicit argument type would be better in general.

---
Atsushi Nemoto
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