linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: print out in e820_update

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Message-ID: <20090315080717.GA18978@elte.hu>
Date:	Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:07:17 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: print out in e820_update_range()


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

> Impact: to find crazy calling
> 
> try to print out more info, to catch wrong calling

Could we detect incorrect parameters more directly as well, via 
a check and a panic()?

	Ingo
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