linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: mm: accurate the comments for STEP_SIZE

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Date:	Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:53:57 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Lin Feng <linfeng@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, penberg@...nel.org, jacob.shin@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: mm: accurate the comments for STEP_SIZE_SHIFT macro

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 3:21 AM, Lin Feng <linfeng@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> For x86 PUD_SHIFT is 30 and PMD_SHIFT is 21, so the consequence of
> (PUD_SHIFT-PMD_SHIFT)/2 is 4. Update the comments to the code.
>
> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Lin Feng <linfeng@...fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/mm/init.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
> index 59b7fc4..637a95b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
> @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static unsigned long __init init_range_memory_mapping(
>         return mapped_ram_size;
>  }
>
> -/* (PUD_SHIFT-PMD_SHIFT)/2 */
> +/* (PUD_SHIFT-PMD_SHIFT)/2+1 */
>  #define STEP_SIZE_SHIFT 5
>  void __init init_mem_mapping(void)
>  {

9/2=4.5, so it becomes 5.
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