linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] libata-eh: Use switch() instead of sparse array for protocol strings

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdV3n9rq8eTjwxKzRLroF2YJYi2qvCzQ4eDhDEkGB=4dLw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 9 Jan 2017 17:30:02 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     "linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata-eh: Use switch() instead of sparse array for
 protocol strings

Hi Tejun,

On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 04:40:19PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> There are two more that annoy me, but I don't know how to fix them:
>>
>> ata_scsi_rbuf                                  -    4096   +4096
>> ata_force_param_buf                            -    4096   +4096
>
> ata_force_param_buf is __initdata and shouldn't really matter.

It mainly matters because of e.g. bootloader limitations.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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