linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] x86/boot: early ACPI MADT processing cleanup

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Date:   Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:20:46 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Cao jin <caoj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:     "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] x86/boot: early ACPI MADT processing cleanup

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 4:47 AM Cao jin <caoj.fnst@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
> Logic in early_acpi_process_madt() & acpi_process_madt() is really hard to
> follow now. Clean them up.
>
> Done basic boot test on my x86-64 PC.
>
> Cao jin (2):
>   x86/acpi: Improve code readablity of early madt processing
>   x86/acpi: Cleanup acpi_process_madt()
>
>  arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c | 72 +++++++++++++++----------------------
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

Please always CC ACPI patches to linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, thanks!