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lookup_zone() and scan_free_map() cope in different ways with the location of the map data within a zone: 1. lookup_zone() adds a four byte offset to the map data pointer to skip over the check and free link bytes. 2. scan_free_map() needs to use the free link pointer, which is an offset from itself, so we end up adding a 32-bit offset to the end pointer (aka mapsize) which is really confusing. Rename mapsize to endbit as this is really what it is, and incorporate the 32-bit offset into the map layout. This means that both dm_startbit and dm_endbit are now bit offsets from the start of the buffer, rather than four bytes in to the buffer. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.