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From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC] arm:extend the reserved mrmory for initrd to be page aligned
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:46:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140915084616.GX12361@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <35FD53F367049845BC99AC72306C23D103D6DB4915FC@CNBJMBX05.corpusers.net>

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 01:11:14PM +0800, Wang, Yalin wrote:
> this patch extend the start and end address of initrd to be page aligned,
> so that we can free all memory including the un-page aligned head or tail
> page of initrd, if the start or end address of initrd are not page
> aligned, the page can't be freed by free_initrd_mem() function.

Have you tested this patch?  If so, how thorough was your testing?

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  reply	other threads:[~2014-09-15  8:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-15  5:11 [RFC] arm:extend the reserved mrmory for initrd to be page aligned Wang, Yalin
2014-09-15  8:46 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2014-09-15  9:07   ` Wang, Yalin
2014-09-15  9:30     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-09-15  9:59       ` Wang, Yalin
2014-09-15 10:16         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-09-15 10:22           ` Wang, Yalin
2014-09-15 10:30             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-09-15 10:58               ` Wang, Yalin

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