linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm 2/4] x86_64 boot: Add linked list of struct setup

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Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:08:37 +0800
From:	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
To:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
Cc:	hpa@...or.com, andi@...stfloor.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 2/4] x86_64 boot: Add linked list of struct
	setup_data

On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 06:25 -0500, Paul Jackson wrote:
> Huang wrote:
> +	while (pa_data) {
> +		data = early_ioremap(pa_data, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		switch (data->type) {
> +		default:
> +			break;
> +		}
> 
> Isn't that switch statement equivalent to -always- breaking, as in:
> 
> +	while (pa_data) {
> +		data = early_ioremap(pa_data, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		break;
> 
> I doubt you want to do that.  I suppose what you want to do is check for
> data == NULL instead, as in:
> 
> +	while (pa_data) {
> +		data = early_ioremap(pa_data, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		if (!data)
> +			break;

This break will break the switch instead of while. When setup_data
processing code is added, the code will looks like:

#define SETUP_DATA_E820_EXT	1

while (pa_data) {
	data = early_ioremap(pa_data, PAGE_SIZE);
	switch (data->type) {
	case SETUP_DATA_E820_EXT:
		parse_e820_ext(data, pa_data);
		break;
	default:
		break;
	}
...

Best Regards,
Huang Ying
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