Re: [PATCH 2 of 7] x86/pvops: add a paravirt_ident functions to allowspecial patching

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

Rusty Russell wrote:
> I think I prefer:
>
> /* make_pte etc and pgd_val etc are identity functions. */
> #define paravirt_native_page_op \
> 	(sizeof(pte_t) == sizeof(u64) ? paravirt_ident_64 : paravirt_ident_32)
>
> Then use that everywhere rather than these defines?
>   

Hm, also I don't think that will work because paravirt_ident_32|64 
return different types.  The compiler might promote paravirt_ident_32 to 
returning a 64-bit number, which would be a bit disastrous. 

   J
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