Re: [PATCH V3 5/8] x86: Introduce function to get pmd entry pointer

[Juergen Gross]

On 11/12/2014 11:12 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 06:43:43AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > Introduces lookup_pmd_address() to get the address of the pmd entry
> > related to a virtual address in the current address space. This
> > function is needed for support of a virtual mapped sparse p2m list
> > in xen pv domains.
> What is wrong with using 'lookup_address' ?

It doesn't return the needed information. I need a pmd entry here, not
a pte entry.


Juergen
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