Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] riscv: Improve PTDUMP to show RSW with non-zero value
From: Yu-Chien Peter Lin
Date: Wed Sep 20 2023 - 21:41:05 EST
Hi Conor,
On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 10:55:30AM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 11:55:20AM +0800, Yu Chien Peter Lin wrote:
> > RSW field can be used to encode 2 bits of software
> > defined information. Currently, PTDUMP only prints
> > "RSW" when its value is 1 or 3.
> >
> > To fix this issue and improve the debugging experience
> > with PTDUMP, we redefine _PAGE_SPECIAL to its original
> > value and use _PAGE_SOFT as the RSW mask, allow it to
> > print the RSW with any non-zero value.
> >
> > This patch also removes the val from the struct prot_bits
> > as it is no longer needed.
> >
>
> Could you please add cover letters to multi-patch patchsets?
>
> Thanks,
> Conor.
Sure, will do.
Regards,
Peter Lin