From b5666f70395016a55cc9d57826508b8a346398d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Ellerman Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 10:24:33 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: Separate usage of KERNELBASE and PAGE_OFFSET This patch separates usage of KERNELBASE and PAGE_OFFSET. I haven't looked at any of the PPC32 code, if we ever want to support Kdump on PPC we'll have to do another audit, ditto for iSeries. This patch makes PAGE_OFFSET the constant, it'll always be 0xC * 1 gazillion for 64-bit. To get a physical address from a virtual one you subtract PAGE_OFFSET, _not_ KERNELBASE. KERNELBASE is the virtual address of the start of the kernel, it's often the same as PAGE_OFFSET, but _might not be_. If you want to know something's offset from the start of the kernel you should subtract KERNELBASE. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras --- arch/powerpc/mm/slb_low.S | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/powerpc/mm/slb_low.S') diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slb_low.S b/arch/powerpc/mm/slb_low.S index 950ffc5848c7..d1acee38f163 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slb_low.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slb_low.S @@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ _GLOBAL(slb_allocate_realmode) srdi r9,r3,60 /* get region */ srdi r10,r3,28 /* get esid */ - cmpldi cr7,r9,0xc /* cmp KERNELBASE for later use */ + cmpldi cr7,r9,0xc /* cmp PAGE_OFFSET for later use */ - /* r3 = address, r10 = esid, cr7 = <>KERNELBASE */ + /* r3 = address, r10 = esid, cr7 = <> PAGE_OFFSET */ blt cr7,0f /* user or kernel? */ /* kernel address: proto-VSID = ESID */ @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ _GLOBAL(slb_allocate_user) /* * Finish loading of an SLB entry and return * - * r3 = EA, r10 = proto-VSID, r11 = flags, clobbers r9, cr7 = <>KERNELBASE + * r3 = EA, r10 = proto-VSID, r11 = flags, clobbers r9, cr7 = <> PAGE_OFFSET */ slb_finish_load: ASM_VSID_SCRAMBLE(r10,r9) -- cgit v1.2.3