[PATCH][v2] uio: Support 36-bit physical addresses on 32-bit systems
Kumar Gala
galak at kernel.crashing.org
Fri Oct 14 02:50:17 EST 2011
On Oct 13, 2011, at 10:37 AM, David Laight wrote:
>
>> Kumar Gala wrote:
>>>>>>> + phys_addr_t addr;
>>>>>
>>>>> Please add a comment here saying:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) That 'addr' can be a virtual or physical address
>>> The code and everything else makes that clear
>>
>> I'm sorry, but I have to strongly disagree here. It is *NOT*
>> clear that a variable of type 'phys_addr_t' can hold something
>> that is not a physical address.
>
> Since there is a discriminating field, could a union be used?
> At a guess the type of the address is constrained between
> produces and consumer??
Uugh.
I'll add a comment to uio_mem.
- k
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