Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 for-4.9 1/6] x86/hvm: Correct some address space terminology

[Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx>]

At 18:32 +0100 on 05 Apr (1491417179), Andrew Cooper wrote:
> The function hvm_translate_linear_addr() translates a virtual address to a
> linear address, not a linear address to a physical address.  Correct its name.
> 
> Both hvm_translate_virtual_addr() and hvmemul_virtual_to_linear() return a
> linear address, but a parameter name of paddr is easily confused with paddr_t.
> Rename it to linear, to clearly identify the address space, and for
> consistency with hvm_virtual_to_linear_addr().
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>

For the whole series, Acked-by: Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx>

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