Re: [PATCH 3/3] efi: Make efi virtual runtime map passing more robust

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Dec 18 2013 - 06:42:40 EST


On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 05:07:57PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> How about firstly count the md numbers in the 1st loop, then
> get/roundup the total size, alloc the pages, map the mds one by one in
> another loop.

No need as most systems would never need to reallocate. Even on Toshi's
big system, the mds fit in less than one page - having a second one is
an additional safeguard, i.e. 2 pages should be more than enough in the
majority of the cases.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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