linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86, kexec_file_load: make it work with efi=noruntime or efi=old

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Message-ID: <20190121091939.GC29166@zn.tnic>
Date:   Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:19:50 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:     Kairui Song <kasong@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
        x86@...nel.org, Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
        Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, robert.moore@...el.com,
        erik.schmauss@...el.com, rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86, kexec_file_load: make it work with
 efi=noruntime or efi=old_map

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 04:43:52PM +0800, Chao Fan wrote:
> Since I didn't see where Xen to fill the value, if
> boot_params->acpi_rsdp_addr is filled before my code, I just need to
> read it. If when I try to read it but not found, then parse RSDP and
> fill the RSDP address to boot_params->acpi_rsdp_addr.

And you can't simply do:

	if (boot_params.acpi_rsdp_addr)
		return;

at the beginning of that function?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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