linux-kernel - Query about merging memblock and bootmem into one new alloc

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Date:	Sat, 19 Dec 2015 19:27:48 +0530
From:	Sumit Gupta <sumit.g.007@...il.com>
To:	inux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Query about merging memblock and bootmem into one new alloc

Hi All,

For ARM Linux, during booting first memblock reserves memory regions
then bootmem allocator create node, mem_map, page bitmap data and then
hands over to buddy.
I have been thinking from some time about why we need two different
allocators for this.
Can we merge both into one(memblock into bootmem) or create a new
allocator which can speed up the same thing which is easy to enhance
in future.
I am not sure about this and whether it's good idea or will it be fruitful.

Please suggest and share your opinion.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Regards,
Sumit Gupta
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