linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 02/13] kexec_file: Change kexec_add_buffer to take kexec

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Message-ID: <fab1a3ec-5252-3ca7-6382-15b84a19ccdb@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:15:55 +1000
From:	Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
To:	Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	Stewart Smith <stewart@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 02/13] kexec_file: Change kexec_add_buffer to take
 kexec_buf as argument.



On 16/08/16 00:49, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> Am Montag, 15 August 2016, 17:30:49 schrieb Balbir Singh:
>> On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 08:08:07PM -0300, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
>>> Adapt all callers to the new function prototype.
>>
>> Could you please expand on this?
> 
> Is the following better?
> 
> Adapt all callers to set up a kexec_buf to pass to kexec_add_buffer.

Yes and the reason for doing so? Consolidation/clarity of implementation?

> 
>> Looks good otherwise
>>
>> Acked-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
> 
> Thank you for reviewing this series!
>