linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] x86: efi: refactor efi

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Date:	Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:22:02 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
To:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] x86: efi: refactor efi_init() a bit

On Tue, 2012-01-03 at 09:11 -0800, Olof Johansson wrote:
> Break out some of the init steps into helper functions.
> 
> No code changes at all, identical execution flow.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
> ---
>  arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c |   89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

Makes sense. I've got one tiny comment below, but other than that feel
free to add,

Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>

>  	if (memmap.desc_size != sizeof(efi_memory_desc_t))
> -		printk(KERN_WARNING
> -		  "Kernel-defined memdesc doesn't match the one from EFI!\n");
> +		printk(KERN_WARNING "Kernel-defined memdesc doesn't match the "
> +		       "one from EFI!\n");

This sort of thing is generally discouraged because splitting a printk
string across more than one line makes it harder to grep for. I'm not
sure this hunk is an improvement.


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