linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] h8300: switch to NO

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Date:   Tue, 1 May 2018 21:33:41 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>
Cc:     "moderated list:H8/300 ARCHITECTURE" 
        <uclinux-h8-devel@...ts.sourceforge.jp>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] h8300: switch to NO_BOOTMEM

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 4:33 PM, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> wrote:
> Commit 0fa1c579349f ("of/fdt: use memblock_virt_alloc for early alloc")
> inadvertently switched the DT unflattening allocations from memblock to
> bootmem which doesn't work because the unflattening happens before
> bootmem is initialized. Swapping the order of bootmem init and
> unflattening could also fix this, but removing bootmem is desired. So
> enable NO_BOOTMEM on h8300 like other architectures have done.
>
> Fixes: 0fa1c579349f ("of/fdt: use memblock_virt_alloc for early alloc")
> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>
> Cc: uclinux-h8-devel@...ts.sourceforge.jp
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> ---
> I haven't seen any reports, but 4.16 is likely broken. This is compile
> tested only.
>
> Moving unflattening after bootmem_init should also work if a smaller
> change for 4.16 is desired.

Ping! Someone going to pick this up?

Rob