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Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 11:36:50 +0200
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Remove qemu_alloc_physram()
From: Laurent Desnogues <laurent.desnogues@gmail.com>
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To: nicolas prochazka <prochazka.nicolas@gmail.com>
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On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:29 AM, nicolas prochazka
<prochazka.nicolas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> Since this patch :
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=3Dvirt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git;a=3Dcommit;h=3D0e8d16ba0=
6486ebf79f131f28121774715975248
> Remove qemu_alloc_physram()
> Obsolete.
>
> function alloc_mem_area(memory, &map_len, mem_path); =A0is never calling =
in code,
> and it seems that's =A0-mem-path ( or -mempath) /hugepages =A0does not
> work for me now.
> before this patch, i can see for example in /proc/meminfo :
> HugePages_Total: =A02560
> HugePages_Free: =A0 2301
> when i start one kvm/qemu
>
> now , HupePages_Free never down , hugepages_free =3D hugepages_total.

Are you sure you're pointing at the right commit?  How could the
removal of an unused function change the behavior?


Laurent