Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/2] Document pagetable_reserve PVOP and enforce a better semantic

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 03:17:05PM +0100, Attilio Rao wrote:
> When looking for documenting the pagetable_reserve PVOP, I realized that it
> assumes start == pgt_buf_start. I think this is not semantically right
> (even if with the current code this should not be a problem in practice) and
> what we really want is to extend the logic in order to do the RO -> RW
> convertion also for the range [pgt_buf_start, start).
> This patch then implements this missing conversion, adding some smaller
> cleanups and finally provides documentation for the PVOP.
> Please look at 2/2 for more details on how the comment is structured.
> If we get this right we will have a reference to be used later on for others
> PVOPs.
> A preliminary version of this patch has been already reviewed by
> Stefano Stabellini.
> 
> Attilio Rao (2):
>   XEN, X86: Improve semantic support for pagetable_reserve PVOP
>   Document the semantic of the pagetable_reserve PVOP

The titles need a prefix, like 'x86' or 'xen/x86'.

s/PVOP/PVOPS/

> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h |   19 +++++++++++++++++--
>  arch/x86/mm/init.c              |    4 ++++
>  arch/x86/xen/mmu.c              |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
>  3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 1.7.2.5

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