Re: [PATCHv5 2/2] arm: Get rid of meminfo

From: Grant Likely
Date: Thu May 01 2014 - 09:09:11 EST


On Thu, 3 Apr 2014 10:04:58 -0700, Laura Abbott <lauraa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> memblock is now fully integrated into the kernel and is the prefered
> method for tracking memory. Rather than reinvent the wheel with
> meminfo, migrate to using memblock directly instead of meminfo as
> an intermediate.
>
> Change-Id: I9d04e636f43bf939e13b4934dc23da0c076811d2
> Acked-by: Jason Cooper <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@xxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <lauraa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxx>

Tiny nit-picking comment below, but this patch looks really good.
What's the state on merging this?

> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
> index 97c293e..40e14a1 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
> @@ -415,54 +400,53 @@ free_memmap(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
> /*
> * The mem_map array can get very big. Free the unused area of the memory map.
> */
> -static void __init free_unused_memmap(struct meminfo *mi)
> +static void __init free_unused_memmap(void)
> {
> - unsigned long bank_start, prev_bank_end = 0;
> - unsigned int i;
> + unsigned long start, prev_end = 0;
> + struct memblock_region *reg;
>
> /*
> * This relies on each bank being in address order.
> * The banks are sorted previously in bootmem_init().
> */
> - for_each_bank(i, mi) {
> - struct membank *bank = &mi->bank[i];
> -
> - bank_start = bank_pfn_start(bank);
> + for_each_memblock(memory, reg) {
> + start = memblock_region_memory_base_pfn(reg);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
> /*
> * Take care not to free memmap entries that don't exist
> * due to SPARSEMEM sections which aren't present.
> */
> - bank_start = min(bank_start,
> - ALIGN(prev_bank_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION));
> + start = min(start,
> + ALIGN(prev_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION));

Nit: The line doesn't need to be split anymore.

> #else
> /*
> * Align down here since the VM subsystem insists that the
> * memmap entries are valid from the bank start aligned to
> * MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES.
> */
> - bank_start = round_down(bank_start, MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES);
> + start = round_down(start, MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES);
> #endif
> /*
> * If we had a previous bank, and there is a space
> * between the current bank and the previous, free it.
> */
> - if (prev_bank_end && prev_bank_end < bank_start)
> - free_memmap(prev_bank_end, bank_start);
> + if (prev_end && prev_end < start)
> + free_memmap(prev_end, start);
>
> /*
> * Align up here since the VM subsystem insists that the
> * memmap entries are valid from the bank end aligned to
> * MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES.
> */
> - prev_bank_end = ALIGN(bank_pfn_end(bank), MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES);
> + prev_end = ALIGN(memblock_region_memory_end_pfn(reg),
> + MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES);
> }
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
> - if (!IS_ALIGNED(prev_bank_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION))
> - free_memmap(prev_bank_end,
> - ALIGN(prev_bank_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION));
> + if (!IS_ALIGNED(prev_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION))
> + free_memmap(prev_end,
> + ALIGN(prev_end, PAGES_PER_SECTION));

Ditto

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