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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	palmer@sifive.com, aou@eecs.berkeley.edu,
	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Guo Ren <ren_guo@c-sky.com>,
	Mao Han <mao_han@c-sky.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: fixup max_low_pfn with PFN_DOWN.
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:12:54 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190115161254.GA19081@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190115161000.GA22705@guoren-Inspiron-7460>

On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 12:10:00AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> > >  	set_max_mapnr(PFN_DOWN(mem_size));
> > > -	max_low_pfn = memblock_end_of_DRAM();
> > > +	max_low_pfn = PFN_DOWN(memblock_end_of_DRAM());
> > 
> > I know it is used just above, but can we please just switch this
> > code to use >> PAGE_SHIFT instead of PFN_DOWN, which just horribly
> > obsfucates what is going on?
> ???
> #define PFN_DOWN(x)	((x) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
> 
> phys_addr_t __init_memblock memblock_end_of_DRAM(void)
> {
> 	int idx = memblock.memory.cnt - 1;
> 
> 	return (memblock.memory.regions[idx].base + memblock.memory.regions[idx].size);
> }
> 
> What's the problem? PFN_DOWN() couldn't be used with function call?

PFN_DOWN gives you the correct result.  But I think it actually
drastically reduces readability over just opencoding it.

> My patch just want to point out that max_low_pfn is PFN not size. In fact
> there is no error for running without my patch :P

No, I think your patch is correct.  I just wonder if we could make
the code easier to read.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-01-15 16:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-12  8:16 [PATCH] riscv: fixup max_low_pfn with PFN_DOWN guoren
2019-01-12  8:16 ` guoren
2019-01-15 15:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-15 15:36   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-15 16:10   ` Guo Ren
2019-01-15 16:10     ` Guo Ren
2019-01-15 16:12     ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2019-01-15 16:12       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-16  1:07       ` Guo Ren
2019-01-16  1:07         ` Guo Ren
2019-01-24  2:00         ` Palmer Dabbelt
2019-01-24  2:00           ` Palmer Dabbelt
2019-01-24  2:31           ` Guo Ren
2019-01-24  2:31             ` Guo Ren

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