linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 01/14] x86/mm: sparse warning fix for early

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Date:	Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:06:42 +0800
From:	Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, mjg59@...f.ucam.org,
	James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com, vgoyal@...hat.com,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, horms@...ge.net.au,
	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, greg@...ah.com, toshi.kani@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 01/14] x86/mm: sparse warning fix for early_memremap

On 12/11/13 at 12:12pm, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:20:25AM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > This needs reviewing by at least one of the x86 folks, but it
> > certainly makes sense to me.
> 
> Ingo told me yesterday, it makes sense too. I'd guess we can try it.
> FWIW, all callers of early_memremap use the memory they get remapped as
> normal memory so we should be safe.
> 
> Maybe this whole discussion should be noted down in the commit message
> so that people know.

Thanks for the info. will add.
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