linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/2] XEN/X86: Document pagetable_reserve PVOPS and enforce a better semantic

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Date:	Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:59:34 +0100
From:	Attilio Rao <attilio.rao@...rix.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <x86@...nel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	Attilio Rao <attilio.rao@...rix.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] XEN/X86: Document pagetable_reserve PVOPS and enforce a better semantic

When looking for documenting the pagetable_reserve PVOPS, I realized that it
assumes start == pgt_buf_start. I think this is not semantically right
(even if with the current code this should not be a problem in practice) and
what we really want is to extend the logic in order to do the RO -> RW
convertion also for the range [pgt_buf_start, start).
This patch then implements this missing conversion, adding some smaller
cleanups and finally provides documentation for the PVOPS.
Please look at 2/2 for more details on how the comment is structured.
If we get this right we will have a reference to be used later on for others
PVOPS.

The difference with v1 is that sh_start local variable in
xen_mapping_pagetable_reserve() is renamed as begin. Also, the commit messages
have been tweaked.

Attilio Rao (2):
  XEN, X86: Improve semantic support for pagetable_reserve PVOPS
  Xen: Document the semantic of the pagetable_reserve PVOPS

 arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h |   19 +++++++++++++++++--
 arch/x86/mm/init.c              |    4 ++++
 arch/x86/xen/mmu.c              |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

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1.7.2.5

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