linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 3/8] x86/boot: Add efi_get_rsdp

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Date:   Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:10:20 +0800
From:   Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <x86@...nel.org>,
        <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        <bp@...en8.de>, <tglx@...utronix.de>, <mingo@...hat.com>,
        <hpa@...or.com>, <keescook@...omium.org>, <msys.mizuma@...il.com>,
        <indou.takao@...fujitsu.com>, <caoj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 3/8] x86/boot: Add efi_get_rsdp_addr() to dig out RSDP
 from EFI table

On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 01:56:44PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
>On 10/18/18 at 01:54pm, Chao Fan wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 12:35:39PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
>> >On 10/17/18 at 06:20pm, Chao Fan wrote:
>> >> There is a bug that kaslr may randomly choose some positions
>> >> which are located in movable memory regions. This will break memory
>> >> hotplug feature and make the movable memory chosen by KASLR can't be
>> >> removed. So dig SRAT table from ACPI tables to get memory information.
>> >
>> >This patch is only adding a function efi_get_rsdp_addr() which will be
>> >used in later patch. Do we need to describe bug here?
>> 
>> Yes, it's the first mail of this serial, so I add more log.
>
>patch 3/8?

Since 1/8 and 2/8 are two functions introduced.
I will consider more about the log.

Thanks,
Chao Fan

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