linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] MIPS memblock: Remove bootmem code and switch to NO

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Message-ID: <20171226180622.GA31719@mobilestation>
Date:   Tue, 26 Dec 2017 21:06:22 +0300
From:   Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>
To:     Marcin Nowakowski <marcin.nowakowski@...s.com>
Cc:     ralf@...ux-mips.org, paul.burton@...tec.com, rabinv@...s.com,
        matt.redfearn@...tec.com, james.hogan@...tec.com,
        alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com, marcin.nowakowski@...tec.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, kumba@...too.org,
        Sergey.Semin@...latforms.ru, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] MIPS memblock: Remove bootmem code and switch to NO_BOOTMEM

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 08:18:09AM +0100, Marcin Nowakowski <marcin.nowakowski@...s.com> wrote:
> Hi Serge,
> 
> On 19.12.2017 21:14, Serge Semin wrote:
> >Hello folks,
> >
> >Almost a year ago I sent a patchset to the Linux MIPS community. The main target of the patchset
> >was to get rid from the old bootmem allocator usage at the MIPS architecture. Additionally I had
> >a problem with CMA usage on my MIPS machine due to some struct page-related issue. Moving to the
> >memblock allocator fixed the problem and gave us benefits like smaller memory consumption,
> >powerful memblock API to be used within the arch code.
> >
> >@marcin.nowakowski@...tec.com. Could you confirm if you are still interested in the patchset and
> >ready to update the Loongson64 platform code so one would be compatible with it?
> 
> I am currently working on different projects, but I will try to do my best
> to help with this (but just might require more time than I would otherwise
> need).
> Given the scale of the task and the amount of testing required, I expect
> that it will take a while to get a complete set of patches reviewed and
> tested which should hopefully be enough to fix support for all platforms
> affected.
> 

Hello Marcin,
Thanks for the willing to help. I'll CC the patchset to you when it's ready.

-Sergey

> Marcin