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[Xen-devel] e820.c : why char* ? (2nd try)



In function

sanitize_e820_map(struct e820entry * biosmap, char * pnr_map)

of file e820.c, the last argument is treated as an integer, but when compiling with gcc
it belongs to [-128,127].

Inside the body of that function, however, we use that argument as an int to fill up a table of a different
size, namely:

static struct change_member *change_point [256]
static struct change_member change_point_list [256]
static int __init sanitize_e820_map(struct e820entry * biosmap, char * pnr_map)
{
...
old_nr = *pnr_map;
...
for (i=0; i < 2*old_nr; i++) {
      change_point[i] = &change_point_list[i];
...
}

After the loop, change_point is not completely filled-up, as change_point [254] and change_point [255]
are never filled nor used.

Is it voluntary that pnr_map gets typed and used like this?

Armand


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