Re: [PATCH 02/14] arm64: Handle section maps for swapper/idmap

From	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 02/14] arm64: Handle section maps for swapper/idmap
Date	2015-09-02 12:10 +0200
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On 2 September 2015 at 11:42, Suzuki K. Poulose <Suzuki.Poulose@arm.com> wrote:
> On 02/09/15 10:38, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>>
>> On 13 August 2015 at 13:33, Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: "Suzuki K. Poulose" <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
>>>
>>> We use section maps with 4K page size to create the
>>> swapper/idmaps. So far we have used !64K or 4K checks
>>> to handle the case where we use the section maps. This
>>> patch adds a symbol to make it clear those cases.
>>>
>>
>> That sentence does not make sense.
>
>
> I agree. How about :
>
> "This patch adds a new symbol, 'ARM64_SWAPPER_USES_SECTION_MAPS', to
> handle cases where we use section maps, instead of using the page size
> symbols."
>

Yep, much better
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Re: [PATCH 02/14] arm64: Handle section maps for swapper/idmap Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2015-09-02 11:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 02/14] arm64: Handle section maps for swapper/idmap "Suzuki K. Poulose" <Suzuki.Poulose@arm.com> - 2015-09-02 11:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 02/14] arm64: Handle section maps for swapper/idmap Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2015-09-02 12:10 +0200

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