linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] riscv: move memblock_allow

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Date:   Sat, 10 Jun 2023 16:44:19 +0100
From:   Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To:     Woody Zhang <woodylab@...mail.com>
Cc:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com>,
        Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: move memblock_allow_resize() after lm is ready

On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 07:43:20AM +0800, Woody Zhang wrote:
$subject: "riscv: move memblock_allow_resize() after lm is ready"

s/lm/linear map/ if you resubmit, please.

> The initial memblock metadata is accessed from kernel image mapping. The
> regions arrays need to "reallocated" from memblock and accessed through
> linear mapping to cover more memblock regions. So the resizing should
> not be allowed until linear mapping is ready. Note that there are
> memblock allocations when building linear mapping.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Woody Zhang <woodylab@...mail.com>

What commit does this fix?

Cheers,
Conor.

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