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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/3] ACPI: osl: Add __force attribute in acpi_os_map_iomem() cast
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 03:55:08PM +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 03:08:24PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 12:40:28PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > > The whole problem we are solving here is that ACPI, being based on
> > > x86, conflates MMIO mappings with memory mappings, and has been using
> > > the same underlying infrastructure for either.
> >
> > So let's fix that problem instead of papering over it.
>
> Patch (3) in this series is a fix - I would ask whether it makes
> sense to merge patches (2-3) now and think about reworking the current
> ACPI IO/MEM mapping API later, it can be an invasive change for a fix,
> assuming we agree on how to rework the ACPI IO/MEM mapping API.

What should we do then with this series ?

Thanks,
Lorenzo

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