linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] [RESEND] arm: limit memblock base address for early_pte

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:54:49 +0900
From:	"Kim, Jong-Sung" <neidhard.kim@....com>
To:	"'Nicolas Pitre'" <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
Cc:	"'Dave Martin'" <dave.martin@...aro.org>,
	"'Minchan Kim'" <minchan@...nel.org>,
	"'Russell King'" <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"'Catalin Marinas'" <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	"'Chanho Min'" <chanho.min@....com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] [RESEND] arm: limit memblock base address for early_pte_alloc

> From: Nicolas Pitre [mailto:nicolas.pitre@...aro.org]
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 3:26 PM
> 
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2012, Kim, Jong-Sung wrote:
> 
> > Thank you for your comment, Dave! It was not that sophisticated
> > choice, but I thought that normal embedded system trying to reduce the
> > BOM would have a big-enough first memblock memory region. However
> > you're right. There can be exceptional systems. Then, how do you think
> about following manner:
> [...]
> 
> This still has some possibilities for failure.
> 
Can you kindly describe the possible failure path?

> Please have a look at the two patches I've posted to fix this in a better
> way.
> 
I'm setting up for your elegant patches. ;-)



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