linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/fixmap: update stale comments

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Date:   Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:44:33 +0800
From:   Cao jin <caoj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <x86@...nel.org>
CC:     <tglx@...utronix.de>, <bp@...en8.de>, <hpa@...or.com>,
        <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/fixmap: update stale comments

Hi,
  Wish to know whether the patch make sense.

On 8/9/19 7:46 PM, Cao jin wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Cao jin <caoj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
> index 9da8cccdf3fb..0c47aa82e2e2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
> @@ -42,8 +42,7 @@
>   * Because of this, FIXADDR_TOP x86 integration was left as later work.
>   */
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> -/* used by vmalloc.c, vsyscall.lds.S.
> - *
> +/*

Not seeing variable __FIXADDR_TOP & macro FIXADDR_TOP under
CONFIG_X86_32 referred in vmalloc.c, and there is no vsyscall.lds.S now.

>   * Leave one empty page between vmalloc'ed areas and
>   * the start of the fixmap.
>   */
> @@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ enum fixed_addresses {
>  	 * before ioremap() is functional.
>  	 *
>  	 * If necessary we round it up to the next 512 pages boundary so
> -	 * that we can have a single pgd entry and a single pte table:
> +	 * that we can have a single pmd entry and a single pte table:

The comments seems missed to be updated in an ancient commit 551889a6e2a24
>  	 */
>  #define NR_FIX_BTMAPS		64
>  #define FIX_BTMAPS_SLOTS	8
> 

-- 
Sincerely,
Cao jin