linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v14 3/7] crash: add generic infrastructure for crash hotplug support

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Date:   Thu, 8 Dec 2022 13:04:35 -0600
From:   Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@...cle.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
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        boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 3/7] crash: add generic infrastructure for crash
 hotplug support



On 12/7/22 04:15, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 04:46:39PM -0500, Eric DeVolder wrote:
>> +#ifndef arch_map_crash_pages
>> +/*
>> + * NOTE: The addresses and sizes passed to this routine have
>> + * already been fully aligned on page boundaries. There is no
>> + * need for massaging the address or size.
>> + */
>> +static inline void *arch_map_crash_pages(unsigned long paddr,
>> +					unsigned long size)
>> +{
>> +	if (size > 0)
>> +		return kmap_local_page(pfn_to_page(paddr >> PAGE_SHIFT));
>> +	else
>> +		return NULL;
>> +}
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +#ifndef arch_unmap_crash_pages
>> +static inline void arch_unmap_crash_pages(void *ptr)
>> +{
>> +	if (ptr)
>> +		kunmap_local(ptr);
>> +}
>> +#endif
> 
> Why is that function still here and why aren't you calling
> kmap_local_page() simply?
> 

Corrected!
eric