linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/3] arm64: mmu: update paging

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Date:   Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:49:18 +0000
From:   Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
To:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
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        "will.deacon@....com" <will.deacon@....com>,
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Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/3] arm64: mmu: update paging_init comments

Hi Mark,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Rutland [mailto:mark.rutland@....com]
> Sent: 2019年2月13日 19:19
> To: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
> Cc: catalin.marinas@....com; will.deacon@....com;
> ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org; yaojun8558363@...il.com;
> cpandya@...eaurora.org; robin.murphy@....com;
> linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> van.freenix@...il.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] arm64: mmu: update paging_init comments
> 
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 09:37:24AM +0000, Peng Fan wrote:
> > The comments has not been changed since the function introduced, but
> > the function has been changed dramatically, so update the comments to
> > reflect the code.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c index
> > d6b6f1b169bb..065202da3ad2 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> > @@ -655,8 +655,8 @@ static void __init map_kernel(pgd_t *pgdp)  }
> >
> >  /*
> > - * paging_init() sets up the page tables, initialises the zone memory
> > - * maps and sets up the zero page.
> > + * paging_init() sets up the page tables, switch ttbr1 from
> > + init_pg_dir
> > + * to swapper_pg_dir, free init_pg_dir memblock and permit memblock
> resizing.
> >   */
> 
> I think that it would be better to remove the comment entirely. This doesn't
> explain the intent, or rationale, and all this information is obvious from a
> straight-line reading of the code.
> 
> If you remove the comment instead:
> 
> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>

I'll remove the comment with you a-b added.

Thanks,
Peng.
> 
> Mark.
> 
> >  void __init paging_init(void)
> >  {
> > --
> > 2.16.4
> >