linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 5/8] vmcore: allocate ELF note segment in the 2nd kernel vmalloc memory

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Date:	Tue, 14 May 2013 11:57:55 -0400
From:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:	HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	ebiederm@...ssion.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, cpw@....com,
	kumagai-atsushi@....nes.nec.co.jp, lisa.mitchell@...com,
	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com, jingbai.ma@...com, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 5/8] vmcore: allocate ELF note segment in the 2nd
 kernel vmalloc memory

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:57:35AM +0900, HATAYAMA Daisuke wrote:

[..]
> +/* Merges all the PT_NOTE headers into one. */
> +static int __init merge_note_headers_elf32(char *elfptr, size_t *elfsz,
> +					   char **notesegptr, size_t *notesegsz,
> +					   struct list_head *vc_list)
> +{

Given that we are copying notes in second kernel, we are not using vc_list
in merge_note_headers() any more. So remove vc_list from paramter list
here.

For local parameters we could simply use notes_buf (instead of notesgptr)
and notes_sz (instead of notesgsz). It seems mroe readable.

Thanks
Vivek
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