linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86: Only direct map addresses that are marked as E820

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Message-ID: <5038269E.80707@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:13:02 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>
CC:	X86-ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
	Chao Wang <chaowang@...hat.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86: Only direct map addresses that are marked as
 E820_RAM

On 08/24/2012 05:49 PM, Jacob Shin wrote:
> 
> Right, I think what I was attempting to do was to merge the 1MB
> with E820_RAM right above 1MB:
> 
> So instead of:
> 
> init_memory_mapping(0, 1MB)
> init_memory_mapping(1MB, 2GB)
> 
> It would be:
> 
> init_memory_mapping(0, 2GB)
> 
> While taking care of the odd case where there is a gap right after
> 1MB.
> 
> But if its not worth it, I can move it out of the loop.
> 

What is the benefit?

	-hpa

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