Re: [PATCH v14 3/7] crash: add generic infrastructure for crash hotplug support

From: Eric DeVolder
Date: Thu Dec 08 2022 - 14:05:35 EST




On 12/7/22 04:15, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 04:46:39PM -0500, Eric DeVolder wrote:
+#ifndef arch_map_crash_pages
+/*
+ * NOTE: The addresses and sizes passed to this routine have
+ * already been fully aligned on page boundaries. There is no
+ * need for massaging the address or size.
+ */
+static inline void *arch_map_crash_pages(unsigned long paddr,
+ unsigned long size)
+{
+ if (size > 0)
+ return kmap_local_page(pfn_to_page(paddr >> PAGE_SHIFT));
+ else
+ return NULL;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef arch_unmap_crash_pages
+static inline void arch_unmap_crash_pages(void *ptr)
+{
+ if (ptr)
+ kunmap_local(ptr);
+}
+#endif

Why is that function still here and why aren't you calling
kmap_local_page() simply?


Corrected!
eric