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

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Message-ID: <edca3e4a-1901-eab4-6626-390c835b00c7@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Aug 2016 12:04:49 +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 17/08/16 04:49, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 16 August 2016, 16:15:55 schrieb Balbir Singh:
>> 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?
> 
> Indeed. What about this commit message?
> 
> Subject: [PATCH v5 02/13] kexec_file: Change kexec_add_buffer to take  
>  kexec_buf as argument.
> 
> This is done to simplify the kexec_add_buffer argument list.
> Adapt all callers to set up a kexec_buf to pass to kexec_add_buffer.
> 
> In addition, change the type of kexec_buf.buffer from char * to void *.
> There is no particular reason for it to be a char *, and the change
> allows us to get rid of 3 existing casts to char * in the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
> Acked-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
> 


Looks good

Balbir