[PATCH v2 14/16] x86, nvdimm, kexec: Use walk_iomem_res_desc() for iomem search

Toshi Kani toshi.kani at hpe.com
Sat Dec 26 16:39:05 PST 2015


On 12/26/2015 9:05 AM, Minfei Huang wrote:
> Ccing kexec maillist.
>
> On 12/25/15 at 03:09pm, Toshi Kani wrote:
>> diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
>> index c245085..e2bd737 100644
>> --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
>> +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
>> @@ -522,10 +522,10 @@ int kexec_add_buffer(struct kimage *image, char *buffer, unsigned long bufsz,
>>
>>   	/* Walk the RAM ranges and allocate a suitable range for the buffer */
>>   	if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH)
>> -		ret = walk_iomem_res("Crash kernel",
>> -				     IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY,
>> -				     crashk_res.start, crashk_res.end, kbuf,
>> -				     locate_mem_hole_callback);
>> +		ret = walk_iomem_res_desc(IORES_DESC_CRASH_KERNEL,
>
> Since crashk_res's desc has been assigned to IORES_DESC_CRASH_KERNEL, it
> is better to use crashk_res.desc, instead of using
> IORES_DESC_CRASH_KERNEL directly.

Sounds good. I will change it to use crashk_res.desc.

Thanks,
-Toshi



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