Messages in this thread | | | From | Roland Dreier <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix broken debug output reserve_region_with_split() | Date | Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:13:09 -0700 |
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> + * Right now we handle: > + * > + * - 'F' For symbolic Function descriptor pointers > + * - 'S' For Symbolic direct pointers), but this can easily be > + * extended in the future (network address types etc). > + * - 'R' For a struct resouce pointer, it prints the range of > + * addresses (not the name nor the flags)
A little too much cut and paste -- the "easily be extended" bit at 'S' doesn't really make sense in the middle of the list.
> + * Note: The difference between 'S' and 'F' is that on ia64 and ppc64 > + * function pointers are really function descriptors, which contain a > + * pointer the real address.
you cut and pasted Linus's typo too -- "a pointer the real address" should probably be "a pointer *TO* the real address"
- R.
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