linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 2/5] of: change overlay apply input data from unflattened to FDT

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Date:   Wed, 25 Apr 2018 21:53:43 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@....de>
Cc:     Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, Alan Tull <atull@...nel.org>,
        Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@...sulko.com>,
        Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@...asonboard.com>,
        Jailhouse <jailhouse-dev@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/5] of: change overlay apply input data from
 unflattened to FDT

Hi Jan,

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 9:40 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@....de> wrote:
> What other pointers are we talking about?

There's also the issue that some data has been allocated using kmalloc(),
while others hasn't. The "other" pointers point to e.g. early bootmem or
memblock.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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