linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] platform/x86: dell-laptop: Allocate buffer on heap rather than globally

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Date:   Sun, 4 Feb 2018 16:27:55 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Cc:     Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] platform/x86: dell-laptop: Allocate buffer on heap
 rather than globally

On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 2:09 PM, Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 January 2018 11:47:35 Mario Limonciello wrote:
>> There is no longer a need for the buffer to be defined in
>> first 4GB physical address space.
>>
>> Furthermore there may be race conditions with multiple different functions
>> working on a module wide buffer causing incorrect results.
>>
>> Fixes: 549b4930f057658dc50d8010e66219233119a4d8

He-h, I had to notice this earlier...

> Ok, you can add my:
> Reviewed-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>

Thanks and sorry, Pali, it's in for-next already, can't rebase.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko