Re: [PATCH v2 09/21] memblock: drop memblock_alloc_base()

Michael Ellerman
2019-01-29T10:29:19Z

Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> writes:

> The memblock_alloc_base() function tries to allocate a memory up to the
> limit specified by its max_addr parameter and panics if the allocation
> fails. Replace its usage with memblock_phys_alloc_range() and make the
> callers check the return value and panic in case of error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c | 6 +++++-
> arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c | 8 ++++++--
> arch/s390/kernel/smp.c | 6 +++++-
> drivers/macintosh/smu.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/memblock.h | 2 --
> mm/memblock.c | 14 --------------
> 6 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> (powerpc)

cheers