linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] vdso: Introduce vdso/page.h

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Message-ID: <87ldyzubk4.ffs@tglx>
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:23:23 +0200
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Vincenzo Frascino
 <vincenzo.frascino@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Linux-Arch
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] vdso: Introduce vdso/page.h

On Fri, Oct 04 2024 at 13:13, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2024, at 15:29, Vincenzo Frascino wrote:
>> The VDSO implementation includes headers from outside of the
>> vdso/ namespace.
>>
>> Introduce vdso/page.h to make sure that the generic library
>> uses only the allowed namespace.
>>
>> Note: on a 32-bit architecture UL is an unsigned 32 bit long. Hence when
>> it supports 64-bit phys_addr_t we might end up in situation in which the
>> top 32 bit are cleared. To prevent this issue this patch provides
>> separate macros for PAGE_MASK.
>>
>> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>> Cc: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
>
> Looks good to me. I would apply this to the asm-generic
> tree for 6.13, but there is one small detail I'm unsure
> about:

Please don't. We have related changes upcoming for VDSO which would
heavily conflict. I rather take it through my tree.

Thanks,

        tglx