Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 4 authors, 2011-10-13

Re: [PATCH][v2] uio: Support 36-bit physical addresses on 32-bit systems

From: Timur Tabi <hidden>
Date: 2011-10-13 15:34:28
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Kumar Gala wrote:
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+       phys_addr_t             addr;
Please add a comment here saying:

1) That 'addr' can be a virtual or physical address
The code and everything else makes that clear
I'm sorry, but I have to strongly disagree here.  It is *NOT* clear that a
variable of type 'phys_addr_t' can hold something that is not a physical address.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale
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