RE: [PATCHv2 01/12] acpi: Create subtable parsing infrastructure

[Schmauss, Erik]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-acpi-
> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rafael J. Wysocki
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 1:45 AM
> To: Busch, Keith <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; ACPI Devel
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> <linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx>; Greg Kroah-Hartman
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> Hansen, Dave <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>; Williams, Dan J
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> Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 01/12] acpi: Create subtable parsing infrastructure
> 
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 2:05 AM Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >

Hi Rafael and Bob,

> > Parsing entries in an ACPI table had assumed a generic header
> > structure that is most common. There is no standard ACPI header,
> > though, so less common types would need custom parsers if they want go
> > through their sub-table entry list.
> 
> It looks like the problem at hand is that acpi_hmat_structure is incompatible
> with acpi_subtable_header because of the different layout and field sizes.

Just out of curiosity, why don't we use ACPICA code to parse static ACPI tables
in Linux?

We have a disassembler for static tables that parses all supported tables. This
seems like a duplication of code/effort...

Erik
> 
> If so, please state that clearly here.
> 
> With that, please feel free to add
> 
> Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> to this patch.