linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] riscv: switch over to generic free

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Date:   Thu, 14 Feb 2019 12:49:45 -0800 (PST)
From:   Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>
To:     rppt@...ux.ibm.com
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        rkuo@...eaurora.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        rppt@...ux.ibm.com
Subject:     Re: [PATCH 4/4] riscv: switch over to generic free_initmem()

On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 07:59:37 PST (-0800), rppt@...ux.ibm.com wrote:
> The riscv version of free_initmem() differs from the generic one only in
> that it sets the freed memory to zero.
>
> Make ricsv use the generic version and poison the freed memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 5 -----
>  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> index 658ebf6..2af0010 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> @@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
>  	mem_init_print_info(NULL);
>  }
>
> -void free_initmem(void)
> -{
> -	free_initmem_default(0);
> -}
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
>  void free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
>  {

Reviewed-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>

I'm going to assume this goes in with the rest of the patch set, thanks!