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Date:   Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:13:07 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shtuemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Nick Kossifidis <mick@....forth.gr>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] memblock: make memblock_find_in_range method private

On Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:26:22 +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
> 
> There are a lot of uses of memblock_find_in_range() along with
> memblock_reserve() from the times memblock allocation APIs did not exist.
> 
> memblock_find_in_range() is the very core of memblock allocations, so any
> future changes to its internal behaviour would mandate updates of all the
> users outside memblock.
> 
> Replace the calls to memblock_find_in_range() with an equivalent calls to
> memblock_phys_alloc() and memblock_phys_alloc_range() and make
> memblock_find_in_range() private method of memblock.
> 
> This simplifies the callers, ensures that (unlikely) errors in
> memblock_reserve() are handled and improves maintainability of
> memblock_find_in_range().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shtuemov@...ux.intel.com>
> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>	# ACPI
> Acked-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
> Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mick@....forth.gr>			# riscv
> Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>		# arm64
> ---
> v5:
> * restore the original behaviour on x86 with addition of more elaborate
>   comment; I will address the issue in memory_map_top_down() in a separate
>   series.
> 
> v4: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210812065907.20046-1-rppt@kernel.org
> * Add patch that prevents the crashes reported by Guenter Roeck on x86/i386
>   on QEMU with 256M or 512M of memory and EFI boot enabled.
> * Add Acked-by and Reviewed-by, thanks everybidy!
> 
> v3: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210803064218.6611-1-rppt@kernel.org
> * simplify check for exact crash kerenl allocation on arm, per Rob
> * make crash_max unsigned long long on arm64, per Rob
> 
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210802063737.22733-1-rppt@kernel.org
> * don't change error message in arm::reserve_crashkernel(), per Russell
> 
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210730104039.7047-1-rppt@kernel.org
> 
> 
>  arch/arm/kernel/setup.c           | 20 +++++---------
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/reserved_mem.c |  9 +++----
>  arch/arm64/mm/init.c              | 36 ++++++++-----------------
>  arch/mips/kernel/setup.c          | 14 +++++-----
>  arch/riscv/mm/init.c              | 44 ++++++++++---------------------
>  arch/s390/kernel/setup.c          | 10 ++++---
>  arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c     |  5 ++--
>  arch/x86/mm/init.c                | 23 ++++++++++------
>  arch/x86/mm/numa.c                |  5 ++--
>  arch/x86/mm/numa_emulation.c      |  5 ++--
>  arch/x86/realmode/init.c          |  2 +-
>  drivers/acpi/tables.c             |  5 ++--
>  drivers/base/arch_numa.c          |  5 +---
>  drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c      | 12 ++++++---
>  include/linux/memblock.h          |  2 --
>  mm/memblock.c                     |  2 +-
>  16 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 118 deletions(-)
> 

Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>