Re: [PATCH] remove __pte_offset

[Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>]

"Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com> wrote:
>
> >> ptes this time
> > 
> > Isn't pte_to_pfn a better name?  index doesn't have a type of data 
> > implied, whereas pfn does.  We have to make these distinctions clearer 
> > as work like William's PAGE_SIZE is being done.
> 
> For pte_index? Surely they're completely separate things?

Yes, they are.  A pfn is a fairly distinct thing with "meaning".

> pte_index returns a virtual address offset into the pte, and

pte index into the pagetable page <thwap>

> pte_to_pfn returns a physical address?

pageframe number.
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