Re: [PATCH 0/3] Globally defining phys_addr_t

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Sep 11 2008 - 05:53:42 EST



* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Ingo,
>
> This is a repost of a little 3-patch series which Andrew has been
> carrying in -mm. It cleans up the definition of phys_addr_t to make
> it kernel-wide rather than x86-specific, and fixes up PFN_PHYS() to
> use it to avoid address truncation.
>
> We currently have a few workarounds for this problem in the tree, but
> Alex found another bug caused by PFN_PHYS(), so it's probably better
> if you bring these patches into tip.git for now.
>
> PowerPC also defines a phys_addr_t with the same meaning as x86; the
> powerpc arch maintainers are happy with these patches.

Andrew, are you fine with that approach too?

Also, i dont see Andrew's signoffs in the patches, and that's the true
path of these patches which should be preserved: you => -mm => -tip.

Ingo
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