linux-kernel - Re: [RFC V2] mm: Enable generic pfn_valid() to handle early sections with memmap holes

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Date:   Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:29:10 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC V2] mm: Enable generic pfn_valid() to handle early sections
 with memmap holes



On 4/22/21 3:12 PM, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> The "generic" pfn_valid() is only available with CONFIG_SPARSEMEM.
> With FLATMEM it's wild west:
> 
> $ git grep -w "define pfn_valid" arch/*/include/asm/ | wc -l
> 22
> 
> This would actually mean that we still need arm64::pfn_valid() for the
> FLATMEM case.

SPARSEMEM would be the only memory model going forward.

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/patch/20210420093559.23168-1-catalin.marinas@arm.com/