linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i386/PAE: fix pud

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Date:	Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:49:26 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386/PAE: fix pud_page()


* Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com> wrote:

> To the unsuspecting user it is quite annoying that this broken and
> inconsistent with x86-64 definition still exists.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

applied, thanks Jan!

> -#define pud_page(pud) ((struct page *) __va(pud_val(pud) & PTE_PFN_MASK))
> +#define pud_page(pud) pfn_to_page(pud_val(pud) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
>  
>  #define pud_page_vaddr(pud) ((unsigned long) __va(pud_val(pud) & PTE_PFN_MASK))
>  
>  
>  /* Find an entry in the second-level page table.. */
> -#define pmd_offset(pud, address) ((pmd_t *)pud_page(*(pud)) +	\
> +#define pmd_offset(pud, address) ((pmd_t *)pud_page_vaddr(*(pud)) +	\
>  				  pmd_index(address))

we were quite lucky there. Despite being a cleanup i've put this into 
x86/urgent - i agree that it's just too ugly and confusing.

	Ingo
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