Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] arm64: mm: correct the inside linear map boundaries during hotplug check

From: Pavel Tatashin
Date: Mon Feb 15 2021 - 14:31:35 EST


> Can't we simply use signed arithmetic here? This expression works fine
> if the quantities are all interpreted as s64 instead of u64

I was thinking about that, but I do not like the idea of using sign
arithmetics for physical addresses. Also, I am worried that someone in
the future will unknowingly change it to unsigns or to phys_addr_t. It
is safer to have start explicitly set to 0 in case of wrap.