Re: [PATCH] Patch for the open hackware

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:44:36PM +0800, Bean wrote:
> +  if (grub_ieee1275_test_flag (GRUB_IEEE1275_FLAG_CANNOT_INTERPRET))
> +    {
> +      grub_addr_t addr;
> +      grub_uint32_t len;
> +
> +      addr = HEAP_MAX_ADDR - HEAP_MIN_SIZE;
> +      len = HEAP_MIN_SIZE;
> +
> +      if (grub_claimmap (addr, len) < 0)
> +        return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
> +                           "Failed to claim heap at 0x%llx, len 0x%llx\n",
> +                           addr, len);
> +
> +      grub_mm_init_region ((void *) addr, len);
> +    }
> +  else
> +    grub_available_iterate (heap_init);
>  }

This skips all the checks in heap_init(), which were intended for situations
that could also apply to Open Hackware.  Would be better if you call
heap_init() with the desired parameters instead.

-- 
Robert Millan

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