linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 05/19] acpi/ghes: prepare to change the way HEST offsets are calculated

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Message-ID: <20250228172635.000027c4@huawei.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:26:35 +0800
From: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
CC: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>, "Michael S . Tsirkin"
	<mst@...hat.com>, Shiju Jose <shiju.jose@...wei.com>, <qemu-arm@...gnu.org>,
	<qemu-devel@...gnu.org>, Ani Sinha <anisinha@...hat.com>, Dongjiu Geng
	<gengdongjiu1@...il.com>, Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@...aro.org>, "Shannon
 Zhao" <shannon.zhaosl@...il.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 05/19] acpi/ghes: prepare to change the way HEST
 offsets are calculated

On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:00:43 +0100
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org> wrote:

> Add a new ags flag to change the way HEST offsets are calculated.
> Currently, offsets needed to store ACPI HEST offsets and read ack
> are calculated based on a previous knowledge from the logic
> which creates the HEST table.
> 
> Such logic is not generic, not allowing to easily add more HEST
> entries nor replicates what OSPM does.
> 
> As the next patches will be adding a more generic logic, add a
> new use_hest_addr, set to false, in preparation for such changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
LGTM
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>