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SubjectRe: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, efi: Delete efi_ioremap() and fix CONFIG_X86_32 oops
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On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 10:54 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > if (end <= max_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT)
> > max_low_pfn_mapped = last_pfn_mapped;
>
> why max_low_pfn is used here?

The idea is that we only want to update max_low_pfn_mapped when we've
mapped a region at or below max_low_pfn. This maintains compatibility
with behaviour prior to this patch.

> > The max_low_pfn checks are only for CONFIG_X86_32 so that the behaviour
> > is the same as before this patch, i.e. we don't try to map above
> > max_low_pfn.
>
> ok, to simplify the code, in setup.c you could move
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> if (max_pfn > max_low_pfn) {
> /* can we preseve max_low_pfn ?*/
> max_low_pfn = max_pfn;
> }
> #endif
>
> before calling new init_memory_mapping()...
>
> so you could remove the #idef. in init_memory_mapping.

Hmm.. if we do this then max_low_pfn_mapped will be set to max_pfn on
CONFIG_X86_64 by the time we've finished looping in
init_memory_mapping(). This is not how things work currently. Will that
cause a problem?



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