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Date:	Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:19:09 +0100
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	Julien Grall <julien.grall@...rix.com>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
CC:	<x86@...nel.org>, Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	<ian.campbell@...rix.com>, <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	<stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 8/8] xen/privcmd: Further s/MFN/GFN/ clean-up

On 28/07/15 16:02, Julien Grall wrote:
> The privcmd code is mixing the usage of GFN and MFN within the same
> functions which make the code difficult to understand when you only work
> with auto-translated guests.
> 
> The privcmd driver is only dealing with GFN so replace all the mention
> of MFN into GFN.
> 
> The ioctl structure used to map foreign change has been left unchanged
> given that the userspace is using it. Nonetheless, add a comment to
> explain the expected value within the "mfn" field.

Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>

David
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