From: Attilio Rao <attilio.rao@citrix.com>
To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>,
Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>,
Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@eu.citrix.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
Cc: Attilio Rao <attilio.rao@citrix.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] X86/XEN: Add few lines explaining simple semantic for x86_init.paging.pagetable_init PVOPS
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:14:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1345511646-12427-6-git-send-email-attilio.rao@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1345511646-12427-1-git-send-email-attilio.rao@citrix.com>
- Explain the purpose of the PVOPS
- Report execution constraints
Signed-off-by: Attilio Rao <attilio.rao@citrix.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h | 5 +++++
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
index 995ea5c..7ea4186 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ struct x86_init_mapping {
/**
* struct x86_init_paging - platform specific paging functions
* @pagetable_init: platform specific paging initialization call
+ *
+ * It does setup the kernel pagetables and prepares accessors functions to
+ * manipulate them.
+ * It must be called once, during the boot sequence and after the direct
+ * mapping for phys memory is setup.
*/
struct x86_init_paging {
void (*pagetable_init)(void);
--
1.7.2.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-21 1:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-21 1:14 [PATCH 0/5] X86/XEN: Merge x86_init.paging.pagetable_setup_start and x86_init.paging.pagetable_setup_done PVOPS and document the semantic Attilio Rao
2012-08-21 1:14 ` [PATCH 1/5] XEN: Remove the base argument from x86_init.paging.pagetable_setup_done PVOPS Attilio Rao
2012-08-21 1:14 ` [PATCH 2/5] XEN: Remove the base argument from x86_init.paging.pagetable_setup_start PVOPS Attilio Rao
2012-08-21 15:41 ` Thomas Gleixner
2012-08-21 15:49 ` Attilio Rao
2012-08-21 16:04 ` Thomas Gleixner
2012-08-21 1:14 ` [PATCH 3/5] X86/XEN: Introduce the x86_init.paging.pagetable_init PVOPS Attilio Rao
2012-08-21 15:44 ` Thomas Gleixner
2012-08-21 20:26 ` Attilio Rao
2012-08-21 1:14 ` [PATCH 4/5] X86/XEN: Retire now unused x86_init.paging.pagetable_setup_start and x86_init.paging.pagetable_setup_done PVOPS Attilio Rao
2012-08-21 1:14 ` Attilio Rao [this message]
2012-08-21 11:09 ` [PATCH 0/5] X86/XEN: Merge x86_init.paging.pagetable_setup_start and x86_init.paging.pagetable_setup_done PVOPS and document the semantic Stefano Stabellini
2012-08-21 14:53 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-08-21 15:22 ` Thomas Gleixner
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