[PATCH v3 08/12] arm64, numa: rework numa_add_memblk()

Robert Richter
2016-01-25T09:34:29Z

On 23.01.16 17:39:23, Hanjun Guo wrote:
> Rework numa_add_memblk() to update the parameter "u64 size"
> to "u64 end", this will make it consistent with x86 and
> can simplify the code later.

> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/of_numa.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/of_numa.c
> @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int __init early_init_parse_memory_node(unsigned long node)
> pr_debug("NUMA-DT: base = %llx , node = %u\n",
> base, nid);
>
> - if (numa_add_memblk(nid, base, size) < 0)
> + if (numa_add_memblk(nid, base, base + size) < 0)

The overall function usage looks more like as it should use size
instead of end. Even in the x86 implementation end is calculated from
base + size. So better change x86 code to use size instead.

Though this might involve to change the interface for
numa_add_memblk_to() for unifcation too.

-Robert