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x86/Xen: correct commentary and parameter naming of xen_exchange_memory()
authorJan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Thu, 2 Jul 2026 06:11:22 +0000 (08:11 +0200)
committerJuergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Thu, 2 Jul 2026 06:14:47 +0000 (08:14 +0200)
As documented in comments in struct xen_memory_exchange, the input to the
hypercall is a set of MFNs which are to be removed from the domain, plus a
set of PFNs where the newly allocated MFNs are to appear. Present comment
and parameter naming don't correctly reflect that.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Message-ID: <7e0c8795-cc60-4b78-8601-6a999739467a@suse.com>

arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c

index aab5f70d407c1b0f26ba8f953865a80e088fb01f..820af6f0aa57858da0217869f72e05001a2b9874 100644 (file)
@@ -2291,18 +2291,19 @@ static void xen_remap_exchanged_ptes(unsigned long vaddr, int order,
 }
 
 /*
- * Perform the hypercall to exchange a region of our pfns to point to
- * memory with the required contiguous alignment.  Takes the pfns as
- * input, and populates mfns as output.
+ * Perform the hypercall to exchange a region of our pages to point to memory
+ * with the required contiguous alignment.  Takes as input the mfns to trade
+ * in (mfns_in) and the pfns where the new pages are to appear (fns_inout),
+ * and populates mfns as output (fns_inout).
  *
  * Returns a success code indicating whether the hypervisor was able to
  * satisfy the request or not.
  */
 static int xen_exchange_memory(unsigned long extents_in, unsigned int order_in,
-                              unsigned long *pfns_in,
+                              unsigned long *mfns_in,
                               unsigned long extents_out,
                               unsigned int order_out,
-                              unsigned long *mfns_out,
+                              unsigned long *fns_inout,
                               unsigned int address_bits)
 {
        long rc;
@@ -2312,13 +2313,13 @@ static int xen_exchange_memory(unsigned long extents_in, unsigned int order_in,
                .in = {
                        .nr_extents   = extents_in,
                        .extent_order = order_in,
-                       .extent_start = pfns_in,
+                       .extent_start = mfns_in,
                        .domid        = DOMID_SELF
                },
                .out = {
                        .nr_extents   = extents_out,
                        .extent_order = order_out,
-                       .extent_start = mfns_out,
+                       .extent_start = fns_inout,
                        .address_bits = address_bits,
                        .domid        = DOMID_SELF
                }