linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 02/27] x86, mm: make pgd next calculation consistent with pud/pmd

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Date:	Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:37:14 -0800
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 02/27] x86, mm: make pgd next calculation consistent
 with pud/pmd

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 02:01:56PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> Just like PUD_SIZE, and PMD_SIZE next calculation, aka
>> round down and add size.
>
> Why? Please explain more verbosely.
>
>> also remove not need next checking, just pass end instead.
>> later phys_pud_init uses PTRS_PER_PUD checking to exit early
>> if end is too big.
>
> Where? In the for-loop? Where does it check 'end'?
>

update to :

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Subject: [PATCH] x86, mm: make pgd next calculation consistent with pud/pmd

Just like the way we calculate next for pud and pmd, aka
round down and add size.

also remove not needed next checking, just pass end with phys_pud_init.

pyhs_pud_init() uses PTRS_PER_PUD to stop its loop early so it could handle
big end properly.
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