linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] initrd: move initrd_start calculate within linear mapping range check

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Date:   Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:06:30 +0800
From:   pierre kuo <vichy.kuo@...il.com>
To:     Steven Price <steven.price@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] initrd: move initrd_start calculate within linear
 mapping range check

Hi Steven, Catalin and Will:
>
> in the previous case, initrd_start and initrd_end can be successfully
> returned either (base < memblock_start_of_DRAM()) or (base + size >
> memblock_start_of_DRAM() + linear_region_size).
>
> That means even linear mapping range check fail for initrd_start and
> initrd_end, it still can get virtual address. Here we put
> initrd_start/initrd_end to be calculated only when linear mapping check
> pass.
>
> Fixes: c756c592e442 ("arm64: Utilize phys_initrd_start/phys_initrd_size")
> Reviewed-by: Steven Price <steven.price@....com>
> Signed-off-by: pierre Kuo <vichy.kuo@...il.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - add Fixes tag
>

Would you mind to give some comment and suggestion for this v2 patch?
If there is anything that are not noticed, please let me know.

Sincerely appreciate ur kind help.