linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/setup: consolidate early memory reservations

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Date:   Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:33:03 +0200
From:   Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>, Qian Cai <cai@....pw>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/setup: consolidate early memory reservations

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 03:59:11PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 10:32:54AM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > +	trim_low_memory_range();
> 
> Btw, you can get rid of that one too:
> 
> /*
>  * Here we put platform-specific memory range workarounds, i.e.
>  * memory known to be corrupt or otherwise in need to be reserved on
>  * specific platforms.
>  *
>  * If this gets used more widely it could use a real dispatch mechanism.
>  */
> static void __init trim_platform_memory_ranges(void)
> {
>         trim_snb_memory();
> }
> 
> yeah, yeah, we can do a real dispatch mechanism but we didn't need one
> since 2012 so I guess we can get rid of trim_platform_memory_ranges()
> and call trim_snb_memory() directly and simplify it even more.

Ok.
 
> Thx.
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.