linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64/kexec: Use consistent convention of initializing 'kxec_buf.mem' with KEXEC_BUF_MEM

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:49:42 +0100
From:   James Morse <james.morse@....com>
To:     Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        bhupesh.linux@...il.com, takahiro.akashi@...aro.org,
        will.deacon@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64/kexec: Use consistent convention of initializing
 'kxec_buf.mem' with KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN

Hi Bhupesh,

On 11/07/2019 12:57, Bhupesh Sharma wrote:
> With commit b6664ba42f14 ("s390, kexec_file: drop arch_kexec_mem_walk()"),
> we introduced the KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN macro. If kexec_buf.mem is set
> to this value, kexec_locate_mem_hole() will try to allocate free memory.
> 
> While other arch(s) like s390 and x86_64 already use this macro to
> initialize kexec_buf.mem with, arm64 uses an equivalent value of 0.
> Replace it with KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN, to keep the convention of
> initializing 'kxec_buf.mem' consistent across various archs.

Reviewed-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>


Thanks,

James