linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/9] kexec_file: Factor out kexec_locate_mem_hole from kexec_add

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Message-ID: <20160711024247.GA2853@dhcp-128-65.nay.redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:42:47 +0800
From:	Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
To:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:	Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/9] kexec_file: Factor out kexec_locate_mem_hole from
 kexec_add_buffer.

On 07/10/16 at 04:11pm, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> > kexec_locate_mem_hole will be used by the PowerPC kexec_file_load
> > implementation to find free memory for the purgatory stack.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> > Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
> 
> Dave are you happy with the first three patches? If so do you mind
> sending an ack?

I reviewed the 3 patches, they look good to me. Will ack after a small test today.

> 
> Given the series touches generic code, x86 and powerpc this might be one
> for Andrew to take. Or is there a kexec tree it should go through?

They should go Andrew's tree, but I'm not sure about the powerpc part.

Thanks
Dave