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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 6 of 7] x86: use early_ioremap in __acpi_map_tabl

To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 6 of 7] x86: use early_ioremap in __acpi_map_table
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:41:44 -0700
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Ingo Molnar wrote:
> uhm, there's a nasty trap in that route: it can potentially cause a lot 
> of breakage.
>
> It's not robust to assume that the ACPI code is sane wrt. 
> mapping/unmapping, because it currently simply doesnt rely on robust 
> unmapping (in the linear range).
>
> I tried it in the past and i found tons of crappy ACPI code all around 
> that just never unmapped tables. Leaking ACPI maps are hard to find as 
> well, and it can occur anytime during bootup.
>   

Yes, you're right, it's a mess.  I put a unmap and warning in there, but
there's lots of acpi code which doesn't unmap after using its table.  It
doesn't seem to intermix using two tables, fortunately, so the "unmap
previous" behaviour of __acpi_map_table works OK, at least as far as I
can see.

    J

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