linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] ARM: mm: Print physical address of page table base in show

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Message-ID: <f600685a-08d4-cd6c-debd-04f1ecd1560d@huawei.com>
Date:   Wed, 2 Jun 2021 19:25:59 +0800
From:   Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
CC:     <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jungseung Lee <js07.lee@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] ARM: mm: Print physical address of page table base
 in show_pte()


On 2021/6/2 18:47, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 03:02:44PM +0800, Kefeng Wang wrote:
>> Now the show_pts() will dump the virtual (hashed) address of page
>> table base, it is useless, let's print the page table base pointer
>> as a physical address for debug.
> I think we could probably get rid of this line - I think the last time
> the PGD address was of use was a very long time ago.
Will delete this print.