Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Apr 2016 15:08:38 +0100 | From | Will Deacon <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v16 1/6] efi: ARM/arm64: ignore DT memory nodes instead of removing them |
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On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 04:06:08PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On 15 April 2016 at 16:03, Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 03:50:23PM -0700, David Daney wrote: > >> From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> > >> > >> There are two problems with the UEFI stub DT memory node removal > >> routine: > >> - it deletes nodes as it traverses the tree, which happens to work > >> but is not supported, as deletion invalidates the node iterator; > >> - deleting memory nodes entirely may discard annotations in the form > >> of additional properties on the nodes. > >> > >> Since the discovery of DT memory nodes occurs strictly before the > >> UEFI init sequence, we can simply clear the memblock memory table > >> before parsing the UEFI memory map. This way, it is no longer > >> necessary to remove the nodes, so we can remove that logic from the > >> stub as well. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> > >> Signed-off-by: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com> > >> --- > >> drivers/firmware/efi/arm-init.c | 8 ++++++++ > >> drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c | 24 +----------------------- > >> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) > > > > Matt, are you ok with me taking this through the arm64 tree? (since the > > NUMA patches depend on it). If so, please can I have your ack? > > > > Matt gave his Reviewed-by for v15 > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/2390242
Brill, thanks. Looks like it got dropped by accident for the latest posting.
Will
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