[RFC PATCH v2 06/20] powerpc/8xx: Fix size given to set_huge_pte_at()

[Christophe Leroy]

Le 20/05/2024 à 19:42, Oscar Salvador a écrit :
> On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 04:31:39PM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> Hi Oscar, hi Michael,
>>
>> Le 20/05/2024 à 11:14, Oscar Salvador a écrit :
>>> On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 09:00:00PM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>>> set_huge_pte_at() expects the real page size, not the psize which is
>>>
>>> "expects the size of the huge page" sounds bettter?
>>
>> Parameter 'pzize' already provides the size of the hugepage, but not in
>> the way set_huge_pte_at() expects it.
>>
>> psize has one of the values defined by MMU_PAGE_XXX macros defined in
>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h while set_huge_pte_at() expects the size
>> as a value.
> 
> Yes, psize is an index, which is not a size by itself but used to get
> mmu_psize_def.shift to see the actual size, I guess.
> This is why I thought that being explicit about "expects the size of the
> huge page" was better.
> 
> But no strong feelings here.
> 

Thanks, I'll try a rephrase.

Christophe