Re: [PATCH] pci device ensure sysdata initialised v2

[Jeff Garzik]

Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> Ok, I've gone over the patches and retested them.  Other than having
> to extend them to cover x86_64 they still seem to work as planned.  I
> have updated the commentry to better explain the problem and the
> fix as encapsulated here.
>
> When this was proposed last time there was push back to get the
> nodes right.  Whist this is clearly a good thing, I think we need
> this as a first step if the underlying patches are going to stay
> in.

We definitely need something like this.  Having some sysdata static and 
some sysdata dynamic makes me nervous, and so I want to review the code 
paths in depth before applying this.  My gut feeling is that there is a 
bug remaining in this area, that this patch might exacerbate.

	Jeff


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