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

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Message-ID: <20150406072743.GC1668@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 6 Apr 2015 09:27:43 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>, 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


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

> On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 2:40 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > * Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 2015-04-03 at 10:12 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com> wrote:
> >> > > On Wed, 2015-04-01 at 09:12 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> >> >
> >> > should revert those end_of_ram change as attached.
> >>
> >> I confirmed that the pmem driver works with the change, and last_pfn is
> >> updated as expected.
> >
> > Could someone please send the fix with a changelog, etc?
> >
> 
> Why just fold those change into that commit.

Because we try to avoid doing rebases of otherwise tested trees, and 
because fixes will outline the thinking behind the code as well.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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