linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V10 08/14] x86/xen: Use __pa_symbol instead of _

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Message-ID: <20131213142414.GC2923@phenom.dumpdata.com>
Date:	Fri, 13 Dec 2013 09:24:14 -0500
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Cc:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@...nel.org>,
	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	george.dunlap@...citrix.com, ian.jackson@...citrix.com,
	mukesh.rathor@...cle.com, tim@....org, jbeulich@...e.com,
	boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V10 08/14] x86/xen: Use __pa_symbol instead of __pa on C
 visible symbols

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 11:04:29AM +0000, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 13/12/13 02:10, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
> > 
> > This change updates a few of the functions to use __pa_symbol when
> > translating C visible symbols instead of __pa.  By using __pa_symbol we are
> > able to drop a few extra lines of code as don't have to test to see if the
> > virtual pointer is a part of the kernel text or just standard virtual memory.
> 
> Why is this part of the PVH series?

B/c this patch was sent when the #linux-next had the PVH patches and it
was based on that.

> 
> David
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