linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] arm64: use generic free_initrd

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Date:   Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:39:41 +0200
From:   Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
To:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
CC:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] arm64: use generic free_initrd_mem()

On October 15, 2019 2:46:59 AM GMT+02:00, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org> wrote:
>On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 11:02:26AM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>> From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
>> 
>> arm64 calls memblock_free() for the initrd area in its implementation
>of
>> free_initrd_mem(), but this call has no actual effect that late in
>the boot
>> process. By the time initrd is freed, all the reserved memory is
>managed by
>> the page allocator and the memblock.reserved is unused, so the only
>purpose
>> of the memblock_free() call is to keep track of initrd memory for
>debugging
>> and accounting.
>> 
>> Without the memblock_free() call the only difference between arm64
>and the
>> generic versions of free_initrd_mem() is the memory poisoning.
>> 
>> Move memblock_free() call to the generic code, enable it there
>> for the architectures that define ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK and use the
>generic
>> implementation of free_initrd_mem() on arm64.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
>> ---
>> 
>> v4:
>> * memblock_free() aligned area around the initrd
>
>Looks straightforward to me:
>
>Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>

 Can it go via arm64 tree?

>Will


-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike