[PATCH 1/6] arm64: mm: Add __virt_to_idmap() to keep kvm build happy
Santosh Shilimkar
santosh.shilimkar at ti.com
Fri Nov 15 09:55:50 EST 2013
On Friday 15 November 2013 08:34 AM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 07:37:41PM +0000, Santosh Shilimkar wrote:
>> ARM kvm code will make use of __virt_to_idmap() on arm32
>> machines as hardware interconnect supported alias of physical
>> memory for idmap purposes. The same code is shared with arm64
>> bit and hence will break the builds. So we add __virt_to_idmap()
>> which is just __virt_to_phys() on arm64 bit to keep build happy.
>>
>> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
>> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
>> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
>> Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar at ti.com>
>
> BTW, there is normally no space between the Cc and Signed-off-by lines.
>
OK.
>> ---
>> arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h | 8 ++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
>> index 3776217..d9341ee 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
>> @@ -75,6 +75,14 @@
>> #define __phys_to_virt(x) ((unsigned long)((x) - PHYS_OFFSET + PAGE_OFFSET))
>>
>> /*
>> + * Added to keep arm64 kvm build working which shares code with
>> + * 32bit port. ARM kvm code makes use of __virt_to_idmap() on arm32
>> + * machines as hardware interconnect supported alias of physical
>> + * memory for idmap purposes.
>> + */
>> +#define virt_to_idmap(x) __virt_to_phys(x)
>
> There are consistency issues with the use of underscores before
> __virt_to_idmap. And I think you can simply say something like "Required
> by ARM KVM code". The explanation on why really belongs to the 32-bit
> arm code.
>
Will update the comment as you suggested. Do you want me to rename the
macros as well. I need to do update some more code for that.
Let me know
Regards,
Santosh
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