linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: ioremap mptable -v2

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Date:	Mon, 2 Mar 2009 21:29:18 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Kevin O'Connor <kevin@...onnor.net>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Stefan Reinauer <stepan@...esystems.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, coreboot@...eboot.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: ioremap mptable -v2


* Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:

> V3: according to Ingo, seperate get_mpc_size()

No, that was not my suggestion. My suggestion was to separate 
this whole 'else if' branch:

>  	} else if (mpf->physptr) {
> +		struct mpc_table *mpc;
> +		unsigned long size;
>  
> +		size = get_mpc_size(mpf->physptr);
> +		mpc = early_ioremap(mpf->physptr, size);
>  		/*
>  		 * Read the physical hardware table.  Anything here will
>  		 * override the defaults.
>  		 */
> -		if (!smp_read_mpc(phys_to_virt(mpf->physptr), early)) {
> +		if (!smp_read_mpc(mpc, early)) {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
>  			smp_found_config = 0;
>  #endif

... into a helper function - if that improves the code. Your 
patch does early_ioremap, iounmap then ioremap and iounmap - 
quite pointlessly.

You should resist cleanup suggestions that make the code worse, 
even if it comes from a maintainer :-)

	Ingo
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