Re: [PATCH] x86: reuse the boot-time mappings of fixed_addresses

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Xiao Guangrong <ericxiao.gr@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
>>
>> Some fixed_addresses items are only used when system boot, after 
>> boot, they are free but no way to use, like early ioremap area. 
>> They are wasted for us, we can reuse them after system boot.
>>
>> In this patch, we put them in permanent kmap's area and expand 
>> vmalloc's address range. In boot time, reserve them in 
>> permanent_kmaps_init() to avoid multiple used, after system boot, 
>> we unreserved them then user can use it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h           |    2 ++
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32_types.h |    4 ++--
>>  arch/x86/mm/init_32.c                   |    8 ++++++++
>>  include/linux/highmem.h                 |    2 ++
>>  mm/highmem.c                            |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  5 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> I'm wondering, how much space do we save this way, on a typical 
> bootup on a typical PC?
> 

Not a huge lot... a few dozen pages.

	-hpa