Subject: Re: [PATCH][v2] uio: Support 36-bit physical addresses on 32-bit systems

From: Timur Tabi <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:34:17 -0500

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.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale