linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm, x86: Document return values of mapping funcs

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Message-ID: <20150311063024.GB29788@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Mar 2015 07:30:25 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...hat.com, arnd@...db.de, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dave.hansen@...el.com, Elliott@...com, pebolle@...cali.nl
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm, x86: Document return values of mapping funcs


* Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com> wrote:

> Documented the return values of KVA mapping functions,
> pud_set_huge(), pmd_set_huge, pud_clear_huge() and
> pmd_clear_huge().
> 
> Simplified the conditions to select HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP
> in Kconfig since X86_PAE depends on X86_32.

Changelogs are not a diary, they are a story, generally written in the 
present tense. So it should be something like:

  Document the return values of KVA mapping functions,
  pud_set_huge(), pmd_set_huge, pud_clear_huge() and
  pmd_clear_huge().

  Simplify the conditions to select HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP
  in the Kconfig, since X86_PAE depends on X86_32.

(also note the slight fixes I made to the text.)

> There is no functinal change in this patch.

Typo.

> +/**
> + * pud_set_huge - setup kernel PUD mapping
> + *
> + * MTRRs can override PAT memory types with a 4KB granularity.  Therefore,

s/with a/with

> + * it does not set up a huge page when the range is covered by non-WB type
> + * of MTRRs.  0xFF indicates that MTRRs are disabled.
> + *
> + * Return 1 on success, and 0 on no-operation.

What is a 'no-operation'?

I suspect you want:

    * Returns 1 on success, and 0 when no PUD was set.


> +/**
> + * pmd_set_huge - setup kernel PMD mapping
> + *
> + * MTRRs can override PAT memory types with a 4KB granularity.  Therefore,
> + * it does not set up a huge page when the range is covered by non-WB type
> + * of MTRRs.  0xFF indicates that MTRRs are disabled.
> + *
> + * Return 1 on success, and 0 on no-operation.

Ditto (and the rest of the patch).

Thanks,

	Ingo
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