[patch v2 02/10] kdump: Make kimage_load_crash_segment() weak

[Michael Holzheu]

On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 14:55 -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 11:30:03AM +0200, Michael Holzheu wrote:
> > Hello Vivek,
> > 
> > On Mon, 2011-08-01 at 16:31 -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 02:55:06PM +0200, Michael Holzheu wrote:
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> > > > --- a/kernel/kexec.c
> > > > +++ b/kernel/kexec.c
> > > > @@ -842,8 +842,8 @@ out:
> > > >  	return result;
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > > -static int kimage_load_crash_segment(struct kimage *image,
> > > > -					struct kexec_segment *segment)
> > > > +int __weak kimage_load_crash_segment(struct kimage *image,
> > > > +				     struct kexec_segment *segment)
> > > 
> > > A comment here why we are making it weak should help in increasing
> > > the code readability.
> > 
> > What about the following:
> > 
> > /*
> >  * Load crash segment into memory. Architecture code can override this
> >  * function. E.g. this is necessary for architectures that do not
> >  * create page tables for crashkernel memory.
> >  */
> > int __weak kimage_load_crash_segment(struct kimage *image,
> 
> This looks better.

With that comment change: Do I get an "Acked-by" for this patch from
you?

Michael