Re: [PATCH 5/6] x86: kaslr: select memory region from e820 maps

From: George Spelvin
Date: Fri Apr 26 2013 - 16:14:15 EST


As a logic simplification, the following gets rid of one variable
that's simply not needed. (And adds a "static" declaration that seems
to be appropriate):

static bool largest_ram_region(unsigned long *start, unsigned long *size)
{
int i;

*size = 0;
for (i = 0; i < real_mode->e820_entries; i++) {
struct e820entry *entry = &real_mode->e820_map[i];

if (entry->type != E820_RAM)
continue;

if (entry->size > *size) {
*size = entry->size;
*start = entry->addr;
}
}
return *size != 0;
}

but I might instead do it as:

struct e820_entry const *largest_ram_region()
{
struct e820_entry const *rc = NULL;
unsigned long size = 0;
int i;

for (i = 0; i < real_mode->e820_entries; i++) {
struct e820entry const *entry = &real_mode->e820_map[i];

if (entry->type == E820_RAM && entry->size > size) {
size = entry->size;
rc = entry;
}
}
return rc;
}

... with appropriate adjustments to the caller. Anyway,
your choice.
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