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xen: arm: comment on why 64-bit xen_pfn_t is safe even on 32 bit

Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Ian Campbell 12 years ago
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      arch/arm/include/asm/xen/interface.h

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arch/arm/include/asm/xen/interface.h

@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 /* Explicitly size integers that represent pfns in the interface with
- * Xen so that we can have one ABI that works for 32 and 64 bit guests. */
+ * Xen so that we can have one ABI that works for 32 and 64 bit guests.
+ * Note that this means that the xen_pfn_t type may be capable of
+ * representing pfn's which the guest cannot represent in its own pfn
+ * type. However since pfn space is controlled by the guest this is
+ * fine since it simply wouldn't be able to create any sure pfns in
+ * the first place.
+ */
 typedef uint64_t xen_pfn_t;
 #define PRI_xen_pfn "llx"
 typedef uint64_t xen_ulong_t;