linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] kexec_file: Factor out kexec_locate_mem_hole from kexec_add

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Message-Id: <1736656.LVyt5NrzWE@hactar>
Date:	Wed, 29 Jun 2016 18:09:46 -0300
From:	Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, vgoyal@...hat.com,
	Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] kexec_file: Factor out kexec_locate_mem_hole from kexec_add_buffer.

Am Mittwoch, 29 Juni 2016, 15:45:18 schrieb Dave Young:
> On 06/28/16 at 07:18pm, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 28 Juni 2016, 15:20:55 schrieb Dave Young:
> > > On 06/27/16 at 04:21pm, Dave Young wrote:
> > > Using one argument for both sounds more reasonable than using a
> > > separate
> > > argument for memory walk..
> > 
> > I agree. This patch doesn't use a separate top_down argument, it's the
> > same patch I sent earlier except that the comments to struct kexec_buf
> > are in patch 2/9. What do you think?
> 
> It looks good except one nitpick inline..
> 
>
> > +/**
> > + * kexec_locate_mem_hole - find free memory to load segment or use in
> > purgatory
 
> It is not necessary to use only for purgatory load..

Ok, what about this?

/**
 * kexec_locate_mem_hole - find free memory in a given kimage.


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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center