Re: [PATCH] x86/fixmap: update stale comments

From: Cao jin
Date: Wed Aug 14 2019 - 22:44:12 EST


Hi,
Wish to know whether the patch make sense.

On 8/9/19 7:46 PM, Cao jin wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Cao jin <caoj.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h | 5 ++---
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
> index 9da8cccdf3fb..0c47aa82e2e2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
> @@ -42,8 +42,7 @@
> * Because of this, FIXADDR_TOP x86 integration was left as later work.
> */
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> -/* used by vmalloc.c, vsyscall.lds.S.
> - *
> +/*

Not seeing variable __FIXADDR_TOP & macro FIXADDR_TOP under
CONFIG_X86_32 referred in vmalloc.c, and there is no vsyscall.lds.S now.

> * Leave one empty page between vmalloc'ed areas and
> * the start of the fixmap.
> */
> @@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ enum fixed_addresses {
> * before ioremap() is functional.
> *
> * If necessary we round it up to the next 512 pages boundary so
> - * that we can have a single pgd entry and a single pte table:
> + * that we can have a single pmd entry and a single pte table:

The comments seems missed to be updated in an ancient commit 551889a6e2a24
> */
> #define NR_FIX_BTMAPS 64
> #define FIX_BTMAPS_SLOTS 8
>

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Sincerely,
Cao jin