On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 7:12 AM Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 1/10/19 9:12 PM, Pingfan Liu wrote:
> > The current acpi_table_upgrade() relies on initrd_start, but this var is
>
> "var" meaning variable?
>
> Could you please go back and try to ensure you spell out all the words
> you are intending to write? I think "topo" probably means "topology",
> but it's a really odd word to use for changing the arguments of a
> function, so I'm not sure.
>
> There are a couple more of these in this set.
>
Yes. I will do it and fix them in next version.
> > only valid after relocate_initrd(). There is requirement to extract the
> > acpi info from initrd before memblock-allocator can work(see [2/4]), hence
> > acpi_table_upgrade() need to accept the input param directly.
>
> "[2/4]"
>
> It looks like you quickly resent this set without updating the patch
> descriptions.
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables.c b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
> > index 61203ee..84e0a79 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/tables.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
> > @@ -471,10 +471,8 @@ static DECLARE_BITMAP(acpi_initrd_installed, NR_ACPI_INITRD_TABLES);
> >
> > #define MAP_CHUNK_SIZE (NR_FIX_BTMAPS << PAGE_SHIFT)
> >
> > -void __init acpi_table_upgrade(void)
> > +void __init acpi_table_upgrade(void *data, size_t size)
> > {
> > - void *data = (void *)initrd_start;
> > - size_t size = initrd_end - initrd_start;
> > int sig, no, table_nr = 0, total_offset = 0;
> > long offset = 0;
> > struct acpi_table_header *table;
>
> I know you are just replacing some existing variables, but we have a
> slightly higher standard for naming when you actually have to specify
> arguments to a function. Can you please give these proper names?
>
OK, I will change it to acpi_table_upgrade(void *initrd, size_t size).
Thanks,
Pingfan
