From: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
To: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/9] actual generic PAGE_SIZE infrastructure
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:47:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1157474863.3186.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060905112056.GJ17042@admingilde.org>
On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 13:20 +0200, Martin Waitz wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 03:16:06PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > * Define ASM_CONST() macro to help using constants in both assembly
> > and C code. Several architectures have some form of this, and
> > they will be consolidated around this one.
>
> arm uses UL() for this and I think this is much more readable than
> ASM_CONST(). Can we please change the name of this macro?
I don't have any real problem with changing it, but I fear that the ppc
guys will want it the _other_ way. ;)
Do you really mind if we just keep it as it is? If there is some
further disagreement on it, I'll change it.
-- Dave
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From: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
To: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/9] actual generic PAGE_SIZE infrastructure
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:47:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1157474863.3186.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060905112056.GJ17042@admingilde.org>
On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 13:20 +0200, Martin Waitz wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 03:16:06PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > * Define ASM_CONST() macro to help using constants in both assembly
> > and C code. Several architectures have some form of this, and
> > they will be consolidated around this one.
>
> arm uses UL() for this and I think this is much more readable than
> ASM_CONST(). Can we please change the name of this macro?
I don't have any real problem with changing it, but I fear that the ppc
guys will want it the _other_ way. ;)
Do you really mind if we just keep it as it is? If there is some
further disagreement on it, I'll change it.
-- Dave
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From: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
To: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/9] actual generic PAGE_SIZE infrastructure
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:47:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1157474863.3186.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060905112056.GJ17042@admingilde.org>
On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 13:20 +0200, Martin Waitz wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 03:16:06PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > * Define ASM_CONST() macro to help using constants in both assembly
> > and C code. Several architectures have some form of this, and
> > they will be consolidated around this one.
>
> arm uses UL() for this and I think this is much more readable than
> ASM_CONST(). Can we please change the name of this macro?
I don't have any real problem with changing it, but I fear that the ppc
guys will want it the _other_ way. ;)
Do you really mind if we just keep it as it is? If there is some
further disagreement on it, I'll change it.
-- Dave
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Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-30 22:16 [RFC][PATCH 0/9] generic PAGE_SIZE infrastructure (v4) Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/9] conditionally define generic get_order() (ARCH_HAS_GET_ORDER) Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 18:41 ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2006-08-31 18:41 ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2006-08-31 18:41 ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2006-08-31 19:51 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/9] conditionally define generic get_order() Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 19:51 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/9] conditionally define generic get_order() (ARCH_HAS_GET_ORDER) Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 19:51 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` [RFC][PATCH 1/9] put alignment macros in align.h Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` [RFC][PATCH 3/9] actual generic PAGE_SIZE infrastructure Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 0:08 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-31 0:08 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-31 0:08 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-31 17:57 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 17:57 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 17:57 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 18:06 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-31 18:06 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-31 18:06 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-31 20:50 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 20:50 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 20:50 ` Dave Hansen
2006-09-05 11:20 ` Martin Waitz
2006-09-05 11:20 ` Martin Waitz
2006-09-05 16:47 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2006-09-05 16:47 ` Dave Hansen
2006-09-05 16:47 ` Dave Hansen
2006-10-17 7:29 ` Qi Yong
2006-10-17 7:29 ` Qi Yong
2006-10-17 7:29 ` Qi Yong
2006-08-30 22:16 ` [RFC][PATCH 4/9] ia64 generic PAGE_SIZE Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 23:57 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-30 23:57 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-30 23:57 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-31 17:38 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 17:38 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 17:38 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 17:39 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-31 17:39 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-31 17:39 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-30 22:16 ` [RFC][PATCH 5/9] sparc64 " Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:27 ` David Miller
2006-08-30 22:27 ` David Miller, Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:27 ` David Miller
2006-08-30 22:16 ` [RFC][PATCH 6/9] mips " Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` [RFC][PATCH 7/9] parisc " Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:40 ` Kyle McMartin
2006-08-30 22:40 ` Kyle McMartin
2006-08-30 22:40 ` Kyle McMartin
2006-08-30 22:48 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:48 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:48 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` [RFC][PATCH 8/9] powerpc " Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` [RFC][PATCH 9/9] convert the "easy" architectures to " Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-30 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 0:33 ` [RFC][PATCH 0/9] generic PAGE_SIZE infrastructure (v4) Paul Mackerras
2006-08-31 0:33 ` Paul Mackerras
2006-08-31 0:33 ` Paul Mackerras
2006-08-31 21:03 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 21:03 ` Dave Hansen
2006-08-31 21:03 ` Dave Hansen
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