From: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
To: Robert Elliott <elliott@hpe.com>
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com,
x86@kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86/efi: show actual ending addresses in efi_print_memmap
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:06:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151221160629.GF4227@codeblueprint.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151221155038.GD4227@codeblueprint.co.uk>
On Mon, 21 Dec, at 03:50:38PM, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Dec, at 07:28:31PM, Robert Elliott wrote:
> > Adjust efi_print_memmap to print the real end address of each
> > range, not 1 byte beyond. This matches other prints like those for
> > SRAT and nosave memory.
> >
> > Change the closing ) to ] to match the opening [.
> >
> > old:
> > efi: mem61: [Persistent Memory | | | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000880000000-0x0000000c80000000) (16384MB)
> >
> > new:
> > efi: mem61: [Persistent Memory | | | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000880000000-0x0000000c7fffffff] (16384MB)
> >
> > Example other address range prints:
> > SRAT: Node 1 PXM 1 [mem 0x480000000-0x87fffffff]
> > PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0x880000000-0xc7fffffff]
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert Elliott <elliott@hpe.com>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Is this change purely for aesthetic reasons? We're usually not in the
> habit of changing the output of print messages without a good reason
> because people downstream do rely on them being consistent.
I just noticed the bracket change.
My comment above only refers to printing the range addresses. Swapping
')' for ']' is a perfectly valid change.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-21 16:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-18 1:28 Robert Elliott
2015-12-18 1:28 ` [PATCH 1/4] x86/efi: show actual ending addresses in efi_print_memmap Robert Elliott
2015-12-21 15:50 ` Matt Fleming
2015-12-21 16:06 ` Matt Fleming [this message]
2015-12-22 20:08 ` Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory)
2015-12-23 12:44 ` Matt Fleming
2015-12-21 16:44 ` Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory)
2015-12-23 12:47 ` Matt Fleming
2015-12-24 1:07 ` [PATCH v2 " Robert Elliott
2016-01-08 12:04 ` Matt Fleming
2015-12-18 1:28 ` [PATCH 2/4] efi: add NV memory attribute Robert Elliott
2015-12-21 15:54 ` Matt Fleming
2015-12-18 1:28 ` [PATCH 3/4] efi: add Persistent Memory type name Robert Elliott
2016-01-08 12:20 ` Matt Fleming
2015-12-18 1:28 ` [PATCH 4/4] x86/efi: print size and base in binary units in efi_print_memmap Robert Elliott
2015-12-21 16:16 ` Matt Fleming
2015-12-23 0:11 ` Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory)
2015-12-23 15:52 ` Matt Fleming
2015-12-27 14:35 ` Andy Shevchenko
2016-01-08 12:19 ` Matt Fleming
2016-01-08 16:38 ` Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory)
2016-01-08 16:44 ` Andy Shevchenko
2016-01-08 16:39 ` Andy Shevchenko
2016-01-11 14:09 ` Matt Fleming
2016-01-12 13:17 ` Andy Shevchenko
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