[PATCH] x86/e820: update code comment about e820_table_kexec

[Baoquan He]

On 09/14/24 at 07:20pm, Dave Young wrote:
> The setup_data ranges are not reserved for kexec any more after
> commit fc7f27cda843 ("x86/kexec: Do not update E820 kexec table
> for setup_data"), so update the code comment here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung at redhat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/e820.c |    6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-x86/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-x86.orig/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c	2024-09-14 10:39:57.423551301 +0800
> +++ linux-x86/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c	2024-09-14 18:56:30.158316496 +0800
> @@ -36,10 +36,8 @@
>   *
>   * - 'e820_table_kexec': a slightly modified (by the kernel) firmware version
>   *   passed to us by the bootloader - the major difference between
> - *   e820_table_firmware[] and this one is that, the latter marks the setup_data
> - *   list created by the EFI boot stub as reserved, so that kexec can reuse the
> - *   setup_data information in the second kernel. Besides, e820_table_kexec[]
> - *   might also be modified by the kexec itself to fake a mptable.
> + *   e820_table_firmware[] and this one is that e820_table_kexec[]
> + *   might be modified by the kexec itself to fake a mptable.
>   *   We use this to:

LGTM,

Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe at redhat.com>

>   *
>   *       - kexec, which is a bootloader in disguise, uses the original E820
> 
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