linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86/efi: show actual ending addresses in efi_print

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Date:	Wed, 23 Dec 2015 12:44:39 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	"Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory)" <elliott@....com>
Cc:	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86/efi: show actual ending addresses in
 efi_print_memmap

On Tue, 22 Dec, at 08:08:19PM, Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory) wrote:
> 
> While investigating the grub persistent memory corruption
> issues, it was helpful to make this table match the ending
> address convention used by:
> * the kernel's e820 table prints
> * the kernel's nosave memory prints
> * grub's lsmmap and lsefimmap commands
> * the UEFI shell's memmap command
> 
> Using the excerpts from the patch, if you grep all the various
> logs for c7fffffff, you won't find the line with c80000000.

I like this. This is reasonable justification. Please inclue it in the
commit log.
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