linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 19/20] xen/privcmd: Add support for Linux 64KB page granularity

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Date:	Tue, 1 Sep 2015 18:10:29 +0100
From:	Julien Grall <julien.grall@...rix.com>
To:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
CC:	<ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 19/20] xen/privcmd: Add support for Linux 64KB page
 granularity

Hi Stefano,

On 10/08/15 13:03, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
>> +			xen_pfn = xen_page_to_pfn(page);
>> +		}
>> +		fn(pfn_to_gfn(xen_pfn++), data);
> 
> What is the purpose of incrementing xen_pfn here?

Because the Linux page is split into multiple xen_pfn, so we want to get
the next xen_pfn for the next iteration.

Regards,

-- 
Julien Grall
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