Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Comment the definitions of _mfn(), _gfn() &c

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>]

On 22/11/12 17:10, Tim Deegan wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Tim Deegan <tim@xen.org>
> # Date 1353604092 0
> # Node ID 3ea68d29fd57988d7788450f25ad0cd84cbd2fb4
> # Parent  7b4449bdb980caee8efc498d5ea48f772331df2f
> x86/mm: Comment the definitions of _mfn(), _gfn() &c.
>
> It's not very easy to find them if you don't know to look for the
> TYPE_SAFE() macro.

Ah - fantastic.  I have certainly spent longer than was sensible looking
for these definitions.

Would it be possible/sensible to a quick

#ifndef gfn_t
#define gfn_t /* gfn_t defined around here */
#undef gfn_t
#endif

So the likes of cscope and tags will also pick them up?

~Andrew

>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Deegan <tim@xen.org>
>
> diff -r 7b4449bdb980 -r 3ea68d29fd57 xen/include/asm-x86/guest_pt.h
> --- a/xen/include/asm-x86/guest_pt.h	Thu Nov 22 10:47:58 2012 +0100
> +++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/guest_pt.h	Thu Nov 22 17:08:12 2012 +0000
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
>  /* Type of the guest's frame numbers */
>  TYPE_SAFE(unsigned long,gfn)
>  #define PRI_gfn "05lx"
> +/* Grep fodder: gfn_t, _gfn() and gfn_x() are defined here */
>  
>  #define VALID_GFN(m) (m != INVALID_GFN)
>  
> diff -r 7b4449bdb980 -r 3ea68d29fd57 xen/include/asm-x86/mm.h
> --- a/xen/include/asm-x86/mm.h	Thu Nov 22 10:47:58 2012 +0100
> +++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/mm.h	Thu Nov 22 17:08:12 2012 +0000
> @@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ static inline _type _name##_x(_name##_t 
>  #endif
>  
>  TYPE_SAFE(unsigned long,mfn);
> +/* Grep fodder: mfn_t, _mfn() and mfn_x() are defined here */
>  
>  /* Macro for printk formats: use as printk("%"PRI_mfn"\n", mfn_x(foo)); */
>  #define PRI_mfn "05lx"
>
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