Re: [PATCH] of_reserved_mem: Save region name string into struct reserved_mem

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 25/08/2024 09:18, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 02:51:02PM +0100, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
>> Previously only a pointer to fdt string pool is saved to struct
>> reserved_mem as region name.
>>
>> As on some architectures booting FDT will be wiped at later initialisation
>> stages, this is breaking reserved_mem users.
>>
>> Copy and save the whole string into struct reserved_mem to avoid
>> FDT lifecycle problem.
>>
>> Reported-by: Kevin Wheatfox <enkerewpo@hotmail.com>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/loongarch/ME4P282MB1397447C3C094554C7AF2E37B58E2@ME4P282MB1397.AUSP282.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM/
> 
> I doubt this uses mainline tree...
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@flygoat.com>
> 
> This is a bigger problem and should be solved unified way in multiple
> places. You cannot just wipe out FDT from the memory, because it is used
> in all other places.
> 
> Your report earlier probably used some custom patches allowing this
> wipe out, but that's the mistake. Fix your wiping out mechanism...

The commit msg is quite vague on real problem, so one has to go to
original report to find that you use built-in dtb, so only the
unflatten_and_copy_device_tree() path, while I have impression you just
want to drop the copied (in-kernel) FDT.

Fix the commit msg to describe the real problem being fixed here.
Provide also proper fixes tag.

Best regards,
Krzysztof