Re: [tip:x86/mm] x86/asm: Remove __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT==47 assert

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Wed Apr 05 2017 - 08:02:55 EST


On Wed, Apr 05, 2017 at 01:50:27PM +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> Er.... "Change top bits ... ((47 or 56 [bits] depending on paging mode)"?
> I know that's wrong and that's not what you meant to say,
> but it can be read this way too. "47th" instead of "47"
> would eliminate this reading, but you removed "th".
>
> Spell it out to eliminate any chance of confusion:
>
> Change top bits to match most significant bit (47th or 56th bit
> depending on paging mode) in the address.
>

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