linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] arm64: mm: Set ZONE

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Date:   Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:34:11 +0800
From:   Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] arm64: mm: Set ZONE_DMA size based on early IORT
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On 2020/10/16 15:27, Hanjun Guo wrote:
>> The patch only takes the address limit field into account if its value 
>> > 0.
> 
> Sorry I missed the if (*->memory_address_limit) check, thanks
> for the reminding.
> 
>>
>> Also, before commit 7fb89e1d44cb6aec ("ACPI/IORT: take _DMA methods
>> into account for named components"), the _DMA method was not taken
>> into account for named components at all, and only the IORT limit was
>> used, so I do not anticipate any problems with that.
> 
> Then this patch is fine to me.

Certainly we need to address Lorenzo's comments.

Thanks
Hanjun