linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/14] x86, ACPI: store override acpi tables phys addr

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Date:	Thu, 7 Mar 2013 23:08:45 -0800
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>,
	Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/14] x86, ACPI: store override acpi tables phys addr

On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 10:49:04PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >> @@ -654,10 +654,13 @@ void __init acpi_initrd_override_copy(void)
> >>       arch_reserve_mem_area(acpi_tables_addr, all_tables_size);
> >>
> >>       for (no = 0; no < table_nr; no++) {
> >> -             size_t size = early_initrd_files[no].size;
> >> +             unsigned long size = early_initrd_files[no].size;
> >>
> >>               p = early_ioremap(acpi_tables_addr + total_offset, size);
> >> -             memcpy(p, early_initrd_files[no].data, size);
> >> +             q = early_ioremap((unsigned long)early_initrd_files[no].data,
> >> +                                      size);
> >> +             memcpy(p, q, size);
> >> +             early_iounmap(q, size);
> >
> > Ah, okay, so the loop change in the previous patch was for this, I
> > suppose?  That chunk probably should either be a separate patch or
> > rolled into this one.
> 
> merge two patches?

Hmm... probably better to just move the related chunks from the
previous patch to this one with better explanation on what's going on.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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