linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8] x86/setup: get ramdisk parameters only once

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:33:49 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:	Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@...il.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>, Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8] x86/setup: get ramdisk parameters only once

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 03:04:36PM +0600, Alexander Kuleshov wrote:
> The check and definitions related to ramdisk are similar in the
> early_reserve_initrd() and reserve_initrd() functions.
> 
> This patch introduces struct ramdisk which contains information
> about initrd. This structure will be filled in the setup_arch()
> and passed to the reserve_initrd() and relocate_initrd() functions.
> 
> This allows us to not get/check ramdisk parameters from the bootparams
> every time in the early_reserve_initrd(), reserve_initrd() and
> relocate_initrd() function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@...il.com>

...

>  arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

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