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SubjectRe: [PATCH v16 1/6] efi: ARM/arm64: ignore DT memory nodes instead of removing them
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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

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