Re: [PATCH 21/46] x86, mm: setup page table in top-down

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Tue Nov 13 2012 - 15:01:32 EST


On 11/13/2012 11:59 AM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>
>> The changes to init_mem_mapping are a bit iffy but they aren't too
>> unreasonable.
>> Overall the patch is OK even though I would certainly appreciate more
>> comments and better variable names (real_end?), see below.
>
> real_end is not good?
>
> xen put big reserved range between real_end and end.
>
> that real_end is some kind of end of real usable areas.
>
> so change to real_usable_end or usable_end?
>

A description of a variable that includes the words "some kind of"
clearly indicates major confusion. We need to know what the semantics
are, here.

-hpa

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