linux-kernel - Re: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH 1/2] x86: add support for the non-standard protected e820 type

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Message-ID: <CAE9FiQXshnMX5RnTGEydR=MOeioE_EbutYLt0FWn1LOofREJoQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 6 Apr 2015 11:26:35 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	linux-nvdimm@...1.01.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH 1/2] x86: add support for the non-standard
 protected e820 type

On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-04-04 at 11:40 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> OK, I will send a patch for the fix, with suggested update from
> Christoph of not to re-add 'type' argument to e820_end_pfn().
>
> Yinghai, I will add your sign-off to the patch.  Let me know if you have
> any concern.

I think we should restore all to original.

e820_end_pfn(unsigned long limit_pfn, unsigned type)
e820_end_of_ram_pfn
e820_end_of_low_ram_pfn

otherwise it will cause confusing, because last two really have ram_pfn,
and the first one does not has ram in the function name.

Thanks

Yinghai
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