Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752537Ab3FFP2q (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Jun 2013 11:28:46 -0400 Received: from relay2.sgi.com ([192.48.179.30]:46101 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751353Ab3FFP2p (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Jun 2013 11:28:45 -0400 Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 10:28:43 -0500 From: Russ Anderson To: Matt Fleming Cc: joeyli , Matthew Garrett , "Fleming, Matt" , "mingo@kernel.org" , "torvalds@linux-foundation.org" , "bp@alien8.de" , "jkosina@suse.cz" , "linux-efi@vger.kernel.org" , "x86@kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "hpa@linux.intel.com" , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , "oneukum@suse.de" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Modify UEFI anti-bricking code Message-ID: <20130606152843.GB10393@sgi.com> Reply-To: Russ Anderson References: <1370316933.30695.7.camel@linux-s257.site> <1370444007.6315.32.camel@x230.lan> <20130605155904.GC30420@console-pimps.org> <1370495110.6523.35.camel@linux-s257.site> <1370497321.6315.44.camel@x230.lan> <1370504426.6523.49.camel@linux-s257.site> <20130606092542.GE30420@console-pimps.org> <20130606144846.GA10393@sgi.com> <20130606150039.GL30420@console-pimps.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130606150039.GL30420@console-pimps.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 895 Lines: 23 On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 04:00:39PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote: > On Thu, 06 Jun, at 09:48:46AM, Russ Anderson wrote: > > This looks like it will try to allocate more than the remaining size. > > Is that intended? > > Yes, the intention is to trigger garbage collection. OK, if that's what it takes. It just struck me as something that would fail initial parameter checking in the bios, before getting far enough to trigger garbage collection. Since I really want the rest of this patch to go in, I'm certainly not going to object. :-) Thanks, -- Russ Anderson, OS RAS/Partitioning Project Lead SGI - Silicon Graphics Inc rja@sgi.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/