linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: cleanup min_low

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:06:14 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: cleanup min_low_pfn


for 32bit
we already had early_res support, so don't need to track min_low_pfn.
keep it to 0 always.

also use init_bootmem_node instead of init_bootmem, so don't touch
min_low_pfn.

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>

---
 arch/x86/mm/init_32.c |   10 ++++------
 arch/x86/mm/init_64.c |    4 +++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -565,11 +565,7 @@ void __init find_low_pfn_range(void)
 {
 	/* it could update max_pfn */
 
-	/*
-	 * partially used pages are not usable - thus
-	 * we are rounding upwards:
-	 */
-	min_low_pfn = PFN_UP(init_pg_tables_end);
+	/* max_low_pfn is 0, we already have early_res support */
 
 	max_low_pfn = max_pfn;
 	if (max_low_pfn > MAXMEM_PFN) {
@@ -694,7 +690,9 @@ void __init setup_bootmem_allocator(void
 		panic("Cannot find bootmem map of size %ld\n", bootmap_size);
 	reserve_early(bootmap, bootmap + bootmap_size, "BOOTMAP");
 
-	bootmap_size = init_bootmem(bootmap >> PAGE_SHIFT, max_low_pfn);
+	/* don't touch min_low_pfn */
+	bootmap_size = init_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(0), bootmap >> PAGE_SHIFT,
+					 min_low_pfn, max_low_pfn);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "  mapped low ram: 0 - %08lx\n",
 		 max_pfn_mapped<<PAGE_SHIFT);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "  low ram: %08lx - %08lx\n",
Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -633,7 +633,9 @@ void __init initmem_init(unsigned long s
 				 PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (bootmap == -1L)
 		panic("Cannot find bootmem map of size %ld\n", bootmap_size);
-	bootmap_size = init_bootmem(bootmap >> PAGE_SHIFT, end_pfn);
+	/* don't touch min_low_pfn */
+	bootmap_size = init_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(0), bootmap >> PAGE_SHIFT,
+					 0, end_pfn);
 	e820_register_active_regions(0, start_pfn, end_pfn);
 	free_bootmem_with_active_regions(0, end_pfn);
 	early_res_to_bootmem(0, end_pfn<<PAGE_SHIFT);
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