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    x86/boot/e820: Rename e820_table_saved to e820_table_firmware and improve the description · 544a0f47
    Ingo Molnar authored
    
    
    So the 'e820_table_saved' is a bit of a misnomer that hides its real purpose.
    
    At first sight the name suggests that it's some sort save/restore mechanism,
    as this is how we typically name such facilities in the kernel.
    
    But that is not so, e820_table_saved is the original firmware version of the
    e820 table, not modified by the kernel. This table is displayed in the
    /sys/firmware/memmap file, and it's also used by the hibernation code to
    calculate a physical memory layout MD5 fingerprint checksum which is
    invariant of the kernel.
    
    So rename it to 'e820_table_firmware' and update all the comments to better
    describe the main e820 data strutures.
    
    Also rename:
    
      'initial_e820_table_saved'  =>  'e820_table_firmware_init'
      'e820_update_range_saved'   =>  'e820_update_range_firmware'
    
    ... to better match the new nomenclature.
    
    No change in functionality.
    
    Cc: Alex Thorlton <athorlton@sgi.com>
    Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
    Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
    Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
    Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
    Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
    Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
    Cc: Huang, Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
    Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
    Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
    Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
    Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
    Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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