linux-kernel - RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/8] xen: Use the correctly the Xen memory terminologies

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Date:	Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:39:57 +0000
From:	"Chris (Christopher) Brand" <chris.brand@...adcom.com>
To:	Julien Grall <julien.grall@...rix.com>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
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	Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/8] xen: Use the correctly the Xen memory
	terminologies

> Based on include/xen/mm.h [1], Linux is mistakenly using MFN when GFN is meant,
> I suspect this is because the first support for Xen was for PV. This brough some
Typo : "brought"
Perhaps "resulted in" would be better ?

> misimplementation of helpers on ARM and make the developper confused the expected behavior.
Typo: "developer".
I'd also suggest "...and confused developers about the...".

[...]

> For clarity and avoid new confusion, replace any reference of mfn into gnf in any helpers used by PV drivers.
Typo : "gfn"
I'd suggest "...replace any reference to mfn with gfn..."

[...]

Chris