linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/7] xen/mmu: use copy

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:35:32 +0100
From:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...e.com>
To:	"Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk" <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Cc:	"xen-devel" <xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/7] xen/mmu: use copy_page instead of
 memcpy.

>>> On 26.07.12 at 22:47, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com> wrote:
> After all, this is what it is there for.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>

> ---
>  arch/x86/xen/mmu.c |   13 ++++++-------
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
> index 6ba6100..7247e5a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
> @@ -1754,14 +1754,14 @@ void __init xen_setup_kernel_pagetable(pgd_t *pgd, 
> unsigned long max_pfn)
>  	 * it will be also modified in the __ka space! (But if you just
>  	 * modify the PMD table to point to other PTE's or none, then you
>  	 * are OK - which is what cleanup_highmap does) */
> -	memcpy(level2_ident_pgt, l2, sizeof(pmd_t) * PTRS_PER_PMD);
> +	copy_page(level2_ident_pgt, l2);
>  	/* Graft it onto L4[511][511] */
> -	memcpy(level2_kernel_pgt, l2, sizeof(pmd_t) * PTRS_PER_PMD);
> +	copy_page(level2_kernel_pgt, l2);
>  
>  	/* Get [511][510] and graft that in level2_fixmap_pgt */
>  	l3 = m2v(pgd[pgd_index(__START_KERNEL_map + PMD_SIZE)].pgd);
>  	l2 = m2v(l3[pud_index(__START_KERNEL_map + PMD_SIZE)].pud);
> -	memcpy(level2_fixmap_pgt, l2, sizeof(pmd_t) * PTRS_PER_PMD);
> +	copy_page(level2_fixmap_pgt, l2);
>  	/* Note that we don't do anything with level1_fixmap_pgt which
>  	 * we don't need. */
>  
> @@ -1821,8 +1821,7 @@ static void __init xen_write_cr3_init(unsigned long 
> cr3)
>  	 */
>  	swapper_kernel_pmd =
>  		extend_brk(sizeof(pmd_t) * PTRS_PER_PMD, PAGE_SIZE);
> -	memcpy(swapper_kernel_pmd, initial_kernel_pmd,
> -	       sizeof(pmd_t) * PTRS_PER_PMD);
> +	copy_page(swapper_kernel_pmd, initial_kernel_pmd);
>  	swapper_pg_dir[KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY] =
>  		__pgd(__pa(swapper_kernel_pmd) | _PAGE_PRESENT);
>  	set_page_prot(swapper_kernel_pmd, PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
> @@ -1851,11 +1850,11 @@ void __init xen_setup_kernel_pagetable(pgd_t *pgd, 
> unsigned long max_pfn)
>  				  512*1024);
>  
>  	kernel_pmd = m2v(pgd[KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY].pgd);
> -	memcpy(initial_kernel_pmd, kernel_pmd, sizeof(pmd_t) * PTRS_PER_PMD);
> +	copy_page(initial_kernel_pmd, kernel_pmd);
>  
>  	xen_map_identity_early(initial_kernel_pmd, max_pfn);
>  
> -	memcpy(initial_page_table, pgd, sizeof(pgd_t) * PTRS_PER_PGD);
> +	copy_page(initial_page_table, pgd);
>  	initial_page_table[KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY] =
>  		__pgd(__pa(initial_kernel_pmd) | _PAGE_PRESENT);
>  


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