linux-kernel - Re: [RFC Patch 12/19] ACPI: Enforce stricter checks for address space descriptors

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Message-ID: <7576859.KlxNWQfAaD@vostro.rjw.lan>
Date:	Wed, 21 Jan 2015 04:01:18 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC Patch 12/19] ACPI: Enforce stricter checks for address space descriptors

On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 10:18:25 AM Jiang Liu wrote:
> On 2015/1/21 8:45, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Thursday, January 08, 2015 10:32:59 AM Jiang Liu wrote:
> >> Enforce stricter checks for address space descriptors according to
> >> ACPI spec.
> > 
> > So is the spec the only reason for doing this?  If so, I'd say don't.
> Hi Rafael,
> 	Yes, it's just for spec. I will drop this patch to avoid
> regressions.

A debug message covering that may be useful, though, in case things don't
work and this is the reason.


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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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