From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v4 00/08] use lmb with x86
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:31:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BAA5A7B.8040508@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100324104844.GA896@elte.hu>
On 03/24/2010 03:48 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> wrote:
>
>> new early_res is lmb extension. and it could be used to replace bootmem.
>
> Why not do what we suggested: extend lmb.c to also offer the
> early_res-equivalent functionality, and remove kernel/early_res.c and move
> lib/lmb.c to mm/lmb.c?
>
> We dont want two facilities (early_res and lmb) really ...
the new early_res.c is extension to lmb.
it will
1. add find_lmb_area
2. add check_double_region array with find_lmb_area
3. free_early and reserve_early is wrapper for lmb_free, and lmb_reserve with array size checking
4. some other generizing function like lmb_register_active_regions and lmb_hole_size that could be all lmb users.
so it is seperated file at point.
if lmb guys are happy, we can merge early_res.c and lmb.c. just put them in one file.
Thanks
Yinghai
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-24 18:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-24 10:37 [PATCH -v4 00/08] use lmb with x86 Yinghai Lu
2010-03-24 10:37 ` [PATCH 1/8] x86: do not free zero sized per cpu areas Yinghai Lu
2010-03-25 22:29 ` Joel Becker
2010-03-24 10:37 ` [PATCH 2/8] x86: add find_e820_area_node Yinghai Lu
2010-03-24 10:37 ` [PATCH 3/8] x86: add sanitize_e820_map Yinghai Lu
2010-03-24 10:37 ` [PATCH 4/8] lmb: seperate region array from lmb_region struct Yinghai Lu
2010-03-24 10:37 ` [PATCH 5/8] x86: use lmb to replace early_res Yinghai Lu
2010-03-24 10:37 ` [PATCH 6/8] x86: remove find_e820_area Yinghai Lu
2010-03-24 10:37 ` [PATCH 7/8] early_res: prepare for other platform to use it Yinghai Lu
2010-03-24 10:37 ` [PATCH 8/8] powerpc : use early_res/nobootmem Yinghai Lu
2010-03-24 10:48 ` [PATCH -v4 00/08] use lmb with x86 Ingo Molnar
2010-03-24 11:41 ` Michael Ellerman
2010-03-24 18:18 ` Yinghai Lu
2010-03-24 18:31 ` Yinghai Lu [this message]
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2010-03-24 10:34 Yinghai Lu
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