linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/35] x86, lmb: Add x86 version of __lmb_find

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Message-ID: <1273825884.21352.603.camel@pasglop>
Date:	Fri, 14 May 2010 18:31:24 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Yinghai <yinghai.lu@...cle.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/35] x86, lmb: Add x86 version of __lmb_find_area()

On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 23:47 -0700, Yinghai wrote:

> for safe, and there is any problem with top to down allocation, we can
> ask user to check if low to high works...
> 
> not just make user to get broken kernel.

Hrm. That's a bit gross. But ok, I don't care that much as long as your
x86 variant doesn't differ in semantics with the core lmb one and I'll
let Peter and/or Thomas to scream at you if they think it's gross
(hint: the code is)

Cheers,
Ben.


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