From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40266C43140 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2019 15:17:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1007221907 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2019 15:17:45 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 1007221907 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id B32476B000E; Fri, 6 Sep 2019 11:17:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id ABB9F6B0266; Fri, 6 Sep 2019 11:17:44 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 9D0D66B026F; Fri, 6 Sep 2019 11:17:44 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from forelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0209.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.209]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 797796B000E for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2019 11:17:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtpin30.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by forelay02.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 294A9611B for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2019 15:17:44 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 75904850448.30.cast62_949b5de1022a X-HE-Tag: cast62_949b5de1022a X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 2374 Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by imf20.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2019 15:17:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 211D71576; Fri, 6 Sep 2019 08:17:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.1.196.105] (unknown [10.1.196.105]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C75063F59C; Fri, 6 Sep 2019 08:17:40 -0700 (PDT) From: James Morse Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/17] arm64, hibernate: rename dst to page in create_safe_exec_page To: Pavel Tatashin Cc: jmorris@namei.org, sashal@kernel.org, ebiederm@xmission.com, kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net, catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, marc.zyngier@arm.com, vladimir.murzin@arm.com, matthias.bgg@gmail.com, bhsharma@redhat.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, mark.rutland@arm.com References: <20190821183204.23576-1-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> <20190821183204.23576-5-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> Message-ID: <2e826560-4005-fa16-8bbb-fc0e25763dcc@arm.com> Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2019 16:17:38 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux aarch64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.7.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190821183204.23576-5-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: Hi Pavel, On 21/08/2019 19:31, Pavel Tatashin wrote: > create_safe_exec_page() allocates a safe page and maps it at a > specific location, also this function returns the physical address > of newly allocated page. > > The destination VA, and PA are specified in arguments: dst_addr, > phys_dst_addr > > However, within the function it uses "dst" which has unsigned long > type, but is actually a pointers in the current virtual space. This > is confusing to read. The type? There are plenty of places in the kernel that an unsigned-long is actually a pointer. This isn't unusual. > Rename dst to more appropriate page (page that is created), and also > change its time to "void *" If you think its clearer, Reviewed-by: James Morse Thanks, James