Re: [PATCH] x86/kexec: Add ACPI NVS region to the ident map

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Jun 10 2019 - 07:04:25 EST


On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 06:18:50PM +0800, Kairui Song wrote:
> Hi Boris, unfortunately I don't have a real machine which only have
> the NVS region. I did fake the memmap to emulate such problem but
> can't really promise this will fix the real case. So just declare it
> won't break anything that is already working. And I'm asking Junichi
> to have a try as he reported this issue on the machines he has.

Yes, this is how you should do it. First you test on a real hardware -
if the issue is such that needs a real hardware to verify - and if it
passes, *then* you send the patch.

If you don't have access to the box, then ask someone who has.

But for the future, please do not send untested patches in a hurry,
hoping that they would work. This could cause more trouble than the
little time you might save speculating it'll all go fine.

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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