From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: linux-nvdimm@ml01.01.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com, axboe@kernel.dk,
boaz@plexistor.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: add a is_e820_ram() helper
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:04:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150326100413.GA19739@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150326093424.GA28217@lst.de>
* Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 10:02:15AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > This is_e820_ram() factoring out becomes really messy in patch #3.
> >
> > So you left out a bunch of places making comparisons with E820_RAM,
> > notably e820_reserve_resources_late() and memblock_x86_fill() - and of
> > course those have to be left out, otherwise NVRAM might be registered
> > and used as real kernel RAM!
> >
> > And this shows the weakness and confusion caused by the factoring out
> > of is_e820_ram() and then adding E820_PMEM to its definition...
> >
> > I'd rather you add explicit checks to E820_PMEM (why not E820_PRAM, to
> > keep in line with the E820_RAM name?), and not lie about
> > is_e820_ram(). It should result in the exact same end result, with
> > less confusion.
> >
> > I have no fundamental objections to the driver otherwise.
>
> Does this patch (replaces patches 2 and 3) look better to you?
Yeah, the code is much clearer now:
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
What tree is this intended for? Should I pick up the x86 bits?
Thanks,
Ingo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-26 10:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-26 8:32 another pmem variant V2 Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26 8:32 ` [PATCH 1/3] pmem: Initial version of persistent memory driver Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26 14:12 ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Dan Williams
2015-03-26 14:35 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26 21:37 ` Ross Zwisler
2015-03-26 14:52 ` Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-26 15:59 ` Dan Williams
2015-03-26 8:32 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86: add a is_e820_ram() helper Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26 9:02 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-26 9:34 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26 10:04 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2015-03-26 10:19 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26 10:28 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-26 10:29 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26 15:49 ` Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-26 16:02 ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Dan Williams
2015-03-26 16:07 ` Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-26 16:43 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26 18:46 ` Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
2015-03-26 19:25 ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Dan Williams
2015-03-26 20:53 ` Ross Zwisler
2015-03-26 22:59 ` Yinghai Lu
2015-03-27 8:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26 8:32 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86: add support for the non-standard protected e820 type Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26 16:57 ` another pmem variant V2 Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-26 17:02 ` [PATCH] SQUASHME: Streamline pmem.c Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-26 17:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26 22:17 ` Ross Zwisler
2015-03-26 22:22 ` Ross Zwisler
2015-03-26 23:31 ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Dan Williams
2015-03-31 13:44 ` Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-26 17:18 ` another pmem variant V2 Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-26 17:31 ` Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-26 18:38 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-31 9:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-31 10:25 ` Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-31 10:31 ` Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-31 14:21 ` [RFC] SQUASHME: pmem: Split up pmem_probe from pmem_alloc Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-31 16:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-31 16:08 ` another pmem variant V2 Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-31 13:18 ` [SQUASHME 0/6] Streamline of Initial pmem submission Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-31 13:23 ` [PATCH 1/6] SQUASHME: Don't let e820_PMEM sections Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-31 17:16 ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Brooks, Adam J
2015-03-31 13:24 ` [PATCH 2/6] SQUASHME: pmem: Remove getgeo Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-31 13:25 ` [PATCH 3/6] SQUASHME: pmem: Streamline pmem driver Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-31 13:27 ` [PATCH 4/6] SQUSHME: pmem: Micro cleaning Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-31 15:17 ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Dan Williams
2015-03-31 15:24 ` Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-31 15:30 ` Dan Williams
2015-03-31 15:43 ` Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-31 19:40 ` Matthew Wilcox
2015-03-31 13:28 ` [PATCH 5/6] SQUASHME: pmem: Remove SECTOR_SHIFT Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-31 13:33 ` [PATCH 6/6] SQUASHME: pmem: Remove "... based on brd.c" + Copyright Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-31 15:14 ` another pmem variant V2 Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-31 16:16 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-31 16:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-31 17:24 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-31 17:33 ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Dan Williams
2015-04-01 7:50 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-04-01 8:06 ` Boaz Harrosh
2015-04-01 12:49 ` Boaz Harrosh
2015-03-31 22:11 ` Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
2015-04-01 7:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-04-02 15:11 ` Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
2015-04-02 16:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-04-02 18:03 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-04-01 19:33 ` Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
2015-04-02 9:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-03-25 16:04 another pmem variant Christoph Hellwig
2015-03-25 16:04 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86: add a is_e820_ram() helper Christoph Hellwig
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