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Message-Id: <201210302222.15656.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:22:15 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>
Cc:	Josh Cartwright <josh.cartwright@...com>,
	"arm@...nel.org" <arm@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	John Linn <linnj@...inx.com>,
	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>,
	"Russell King - ARM Linux" <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] ARM: annotate VMALLOC_END definition with _AC

On Saturday 27 October 2012, Michal Simek wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
> > index 08c1231..72904a2 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
> > @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
> >   */
> >  #define VMALLOC_OFFSET               (8*1024*1024)
> >  #define VMALLOC_START                (((unsigned long)high_memory +
> > VMALLOC_OFFSET) & ~(VMALLOC_OFFSET-1))
> > -#define VMALLOC_END          0xff000000UL
> > +#define VMALLOC_END          _AC(0xff000000,UL)
> 
> This shouldn't be the part of this series but should go to mainline through different tree.
> Arnd, Olof: Can you take this patch to your arm-soc tree? 
> 
> I don't think it is a good workstyle to propose it to mainline through zynq soc tree.
> What do you think?

The arm-soc tree is not the right place either, this is architecture code which is
in Russell's domain. I would suggest getting an Ack from Russell if he's ok with
it and then merging it together with your other changes into arm-soc.

	Arnd
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