On 06/29/16 at 06:09pm, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 29 Juni 2016, 15:45:18 schrieb Dave Young: > > On 06/28/16 at 07:18pm, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote: > > > Am Dienstag, 28 Juni 2016, 15:20:55 schrieb Dave Young: > > > > On 06/27/16 at 04:21pm, Dave Young wrote: > > > > Using one argument for both sounds more reasonable than using a > > > > separate > > > > argument for memory walk.. > > > > > > I agree. This patch doesn't use a separate top_down argument, it's the > > > same patch I sent earlier except that the comments to struct kexec_buf > > > are in patch 2/9. What do you think? > > > > It looks good except one nitpick inline.. > > > > > > > +/** > > > + * kexec_locate_mem_hole - find free memory to load segment or use in > > > purgatory > > > It is not necessary to use only for purgatory load.. > > Ok, what about this? > > /** > * kexec_locate_mem_hole - find free memory in a given kimage. Hmm, a given kimage sounds not correct, I can not get a better way to describe it. How about below with a little change to your previous one: kexec_locate_mem_hole - find a free chunk of memory to load kexec segment. In powerpc the memory chunk can also be used for the purgatory stack. Thanks Dave