linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend] Documentation: arm: Replace use of virt_to_phys with __pa

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2017 09:14:53 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] Documentation: arm: Replace use of virt_to_phys
 with __pa_symbol

Hi Russell,

On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 11:20 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux@...linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 01:44:45PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>> On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:39:28 +0200
>> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be> wrote:
>>
>> > All low-level PM/SMP code using virt_to_phys() should actually use
>> > __pa_symbol() against kernel symbols.  Update the documentation to move
>> > away from virt_to_phys().
>> >
>> > Cfr. commit 6996cbb2372189f7 ("ARM: 8641/1: treewide: Replace uses of
>> > virt_to_phys with __pa_symbol")
>>
>> I was kind of hoping for an ack from somebody on this, but, four months
>> later, I'll take the absence of complaints as being enough.  Applied,
>> thanks.
>
> Maybe those who contributed Documentation/arm/firmware.txt should
> have responded, seems that was Tomasz Figa <t.figa@...sung.com>
> who isn't even on the Cc list for this...

Ah, get_maintainer.pl didn't report Tomasz' Samsung email address, which
bounces for sure ;-)

> Can't blame people who aren't copied with the patch for not
> responding.

I did copy the people responsible for the __pa_symbol conversion.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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