On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 03:02:21PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Currently allocate_e820() only interested in the size of map and size of
^
is
> memory descriptor to determine how many e820 entries the kernel needs.
>
> UEFI Specification version 2.9 introduces a new memory type --
> unaccepted memory. To track unaccepted memory kernel needs to allocate
> a bitmap. The size of the bitmap is dependent on the maximum physical
> address present in the system. A full memory map is required to find
> the maximum address.
>
> Modify allocate_e820() to get a full memory map.
>
> This is preparation for the next patch that implements handling of
> unaccepted memory in EFI stub.
As already pointed out, the concept of "next patch" is ambiguous in git.
Just drop the whole sentence.
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c | 28 +++++++++++--------------
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
With the above addressed:
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Thx.
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