Re: [PATCH v7 09/12] efi: passing kexec necessary efi data viasetup_data

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Sat Dec 21 2013 - 11:06:13 EST


On Fri, 20 Dec, at 06:02:19PM, Dave Young wrote:
> @@ -133,6 +133,19 @@ extern void efi_sync_low_kernel_mappings(void);
> extern void efi_setup_page_tables(void);
> extern void __init old_map_region(efi_memory_desc_t *md);
>
> +struct efi_setup_data {
> + u64 fw_vendor;
> + u64 runtime;
> + u64 tables;
> + u64 smbios;
> + u64 reserved[8];
> + efi_memory_desc_t map[0];
> +};

[...]

> +static void get_nr_runtime_map(void)
> +{
> + if (!efi_setup)
> + return;
> +
> + nr_efi_runtime_map = (efi_data_len - sizeof(struct efi_setup_data)) /
> + sizeof(efi_memory_desc_t);
> +}

Do we actually need the 'map' entry in efi_setup_data now that you're
passing it via efi_info (which is much better approach!)? Also, we don't
need the global nr_efi_runtime_map or efi_runtime_map variables now,
right?

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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