From: joeyli <jlee-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
To: Matthew Garrett
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 3/3] efi: Distinguish between "remaining space" and actually used space
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:23:56 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1366809836.23707.331.camel@linux-s257.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1366804640.13667.27.camel-+5W/JHIUVxg@public.gmane.org>
於 三，2013-04-24 於 11:57 +0000，Matthew Garrett 提到：
> On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 18:59 +0800, joeyli wrote:
>
> > Then why we don't just remove the "remaining_size" condition but only
> > monitor the active_size should not larger then 1/2 storage_size?
>
> If we calculate active_size as using more than 50% of the storage space
> but remaining_size says we still have more than 50% available, we should
> trust remaining_size instead of active_size.
>
> --
> Matthew Garrett | mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org
That makes sense because BIOS base on remaining_size to trigger garbage
collection.
Thanks for your clarification!
Joey Lee
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From: joeyli <jlee@suse.com>
To: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Cc: "matt.fleming@intel.com" <matt.fleming@intel.com>,
"linux-efi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-efi@vger.kernel.org>,
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"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 3/3] efi: Distinguish between "remaining space" and actually used space
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:23:56 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1366809836.23707.331.camel@linux-s257.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1366804640.13667.27.camel@x230.lan>
於 三，2013-04-24 於 11:57 +0000，Matthew Garrett 提到：
> On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 18:59 +0800, joeyli wrote:
>
> > Then why we don't just remove the "remaining_size" condition but only
> > monitor the active_size should not larger then 1/2 storage_size?
>
> If we calculate active_size as using more than 50% of the storage space
> but remaining_size says we still have more than 50% available, we should
> trust remaining_size instead of active_size.
>
> --
> Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
That makes sense because BIOS base on remaining_size to trigger garbage
collection.
Thanks for your clarification!
Joey Lee
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-24 13:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-10 2:41 [PATCH 1/3] efi: Determine how much space is used by boot services-only variables Matthew Garrett
2013-04-10 2:41 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-04-10 2:41 ` [PATCH 2/3] Revert "x86, efivars: firmware bug workarounds should be in platform code" Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <1365561717-12343-1-git-send-email-matthew.garrett-05XSO3Yj/JvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-10 2:41 ` [PATCH 3/3] efi: Distinguish between "remaining space" and actually used space Matthew Garrett
2013-04-10 2:41 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-04-10 6:02 ` Lingzhu Xiang
2013-04-15 20:09 ` Fix UEFI variable paranoia Matthew Garrett
2013-04-15 20:09 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-04-15 20:09 ` [PATCH V6 1/3] Move utf16 functions to kernel core and rename Matthew Garrett
2013-04-15 20:09 ` [PATCH V6 2/3] efi: Pass boot services variable info to runtime code Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <1366056587-24414-3-git-send-email-matthew.garrett-05XSO3Yj/JvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-22 15:03 ` Paul Bolle
2013-04-22 15:03 ` Paul Bolle
2013-04-15 20:09 ` [PATCH V6 3/3] efi: Distinguish between "remaining space" and actually used space Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <1366056587-24414-4-git-send-email-matthew.garrett-05XSO3Yj/JvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-16 14:31 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/Kconfig: Make EFI select UCS2_STRING Sergey Vlasov
2013-04-16 14:31 ` Sergey Vlasov
[not found] ` <1366122669-20898-1-git-send-email-vsu-u2l5PoMzF/Uox3rIn2DAYQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-16 14:31 ` [PATCH 2/2] efi: Export efi_query_variable_store() for efivars.ko Sergey Vlasov
2013-04-16 14:31 ` Sergey Vlasov
[not found] ` <1366122669-20898-2-git-send-email-vsu-u2l5PoMzF/Uox3rIn2DAYQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-16 16:39 ` Matt Fleming
2013-04-16 16:39 ` Matt Fleming
2013-04-16 16:39 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/Kconfig: Make EFI select UCS2_STRING Matt Fleming
2013-04-17 10:49 ` [PATCH V6 3/3] efi: Distinguish between "remaining space" and actually used space Lingzhu Xiang
2013-04-17 10:49 ` Lingzhu Xiang
2013-04-24 10:08 ` joeyli
2013-04-24 10:08 ` joeyli
[not found] ` <1366798111.23707.293.camel-ONCj+Eqt86TasUa73XJKwA@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-24 10:14 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-04-24 10:14 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <1366798497.13667.25.camel-+5W/JHIUVxg@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-24 10:59 ` joeyli
2013-04-24 10:59 ` joeyli
[not found] ` <1366801173.23707.323.camel-ONCj+Eqt86TasUa73XJKwA@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-24 11:57 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-04-24 11:57 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <1366804640.13667.27.camel-+5W/JHIUVxg@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-24 13:23 ` joeyli [this message]
2013-04-24 13:23 ` joeyli
[not found] ` <1366056587-24414-1-git-send-email-matthew.garrett-05XSO3Yj/JvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-16 10:15 ` Fix UEFI variable paranoia Matt Fleming
2013-04-16 10:15 ` Matt Fleming
2013-04-10 17:46 ` [PATCH V4 1/3] efi: Determine how much space is used by boot services-only variables Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <1365615967-27346-1-git-send-email-matthew.garrett-05XSO3Yj/JvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-10 17:46 ` [PATCH V4 2/3] Revert "x86, efivars: firmware bug workarounds should be in platform code" Matthew Garrett
2013-04-10 17:46 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <1365615967-27346-2-git-send-email-matthew.garrett-05XSO3Yj/JvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-11 13:24 ` Matt Fleming
2013-04-11 13:24 ` Matt Fleming
2013-04-11 13:30 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-04-11 13:30 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-04-10 17:46 ` [PATCH V4 3/3] efi: Distinguish between "remaining space" and actually used space Matthew Garrett
2013-04-10 17:46 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-04-12 10:16 ` [PATCH V4 1/3] efi: Determine how much space is used by boot services-only variables Lingzhu Xiang
2013-04-12 10:16 ` Lingzhu Xiang
2013-04-12 10:22 ` Matt Fleming
2013-04-12 12:19 ` Lingzhu Xiang
2013-04-12 12:19 ` Lingzhu Xiang
2013-04-15 15:53 ` [PATCH V5 1/2] efi: Pass boot services variable info to runtime code Matthew Garrett
2013-04-15 15:53 ` [PATCH V5 2/2] efi: Distinguish between "remaining space" and actually used space Matthew Garrett
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