On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 07:54:57AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 11/12/2014 11:12 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > >On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 06:43:43AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote: > >>Introduces lookup_pmd_address() to get the address of the pmd entry > >>related to a virtual address in the current address space. This > >>function is needed for support of a virtual mapped sparse p2m list > >>in xen pv domains. > >> > >What is wrong with using 'lookup_address' ? > > It doesn't return the needed information. I need a pmd entry here, not > a pte entry.
Thank you. I believe that explanation ought to be part of the commit description. Could this code be merged with lookup_address_in_pgd - perhaps by having an extra flag that would give it an OK to return the PMD instead of walking down the tree? Ingo, any preference for this? Thank you! _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
