Re: [PATCH] [7/31] Extract page table dumping code from i386 fault handler into dump_pagetable()

[Andi Kleen]

> > +void dump_pagetable(unsigned long address)
> 
> static?

This is used by other files too with future patches. Also
in general it's useful for debugging stuff - i often put calls 
to it into debugging patches.

> > +{
> > +	typeof(pte_val(__pte(0))) page;
> 
> Is there any type that could be picked that would be nicer than
> sprinkling ((__typeof__(page) *), typeof(pte_val(__pte(0))) etc
> through here, I know it's just moving the code out to another
> function, just wondering if you had any better ideas that someone
> could follow-up on.

It could be pteval_t now which Jeremy recently introduced. But for pure
code movement I don't want to do any improvements.

-Andi
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