linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v3 2/8] platform/x86: dell-smbios: Introduce a WMI-ACPI interface

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Date:   Sat, 30 Sep 2017 19:56:56 +0000
From:   <Mario.Limonciello@...l.com>
To:     <pali.rohar@...il.com>, <dvhart@...radead.org>
CC:     <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>, <luto@...nel.org>,
        <quasisec@...gle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 2/8] platform/x86: dell-smbios: Introduce a WMI-ACPI
 interface

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pali Rohár [mailto:pali.rohar@...il.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2017 2:16 AM
> To: Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
> Cc: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@...l.com>; Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>; LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>;
> platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org; Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>;
> quasisec@...gle.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/8] platform/x86: dell-smbios: Introduce a WMI-ACPI
> interface
> 
> On Saturday 30 September 2017 02:51:27 Darren Hart wrote:
> > > +DELL SMBIOS DRIVER
> > > +M:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
> > > +M:	Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>
> > > +S:	Maintained
> > > +F:	drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios.*
> >
> > Pali, do you agree with this?
> 
> Yes, no problem.
> 
> > > -static int __init dell_smbios_init(void)
> > > +static int dell_smbios_wmi_probe(struct wmi_device *wdev)
> > > +{
> > > +	/* no longer need the SMI page */
> > > +	free_page((unsigned long)buffer);
> > > +
> > > +	/* WMI buffer should be 32k */
> > > +	buffer = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 3);
> >
> > Assuming PAGE_SIZE here (I know, this driver, this architecture,
> > etc...). But, please use get_order() to determine number of pages
> > from a linear size:
> >
> > __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, get_order(32768));
> 
> I agree that specifying size (instead of count) explicitly lead to more
> readable code.
> 

Alright will adjust.