linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/1] mm: report per-page metadata information

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Date:   Thu, 2 Nov 2023 16:53:04 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
Cc:     Wei Xu <weixugc@...gle.com>, Sourav Panda <souravpanda@...gle.com>,
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        Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/1] mm: report per-page metadata information

On 02.11.23 16:50, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
>>> Adding reserved memory to MemTotal is a cleaner approach IMO as well.
>>> But it changes the semantics of MemTotal, which may have compatibility
>>> issues.
>>
>> I object.
> 
> Could you please elaborate what you object (and why): you object that
> it will have compatibility issues, or  you object to include memblock
> reserves into MemTotal?

Sorry, I object to changing the semantics of MemTotal. MemTotal is 
traditionally the memory managed by the buddy, not all memory in the 
system. I know people/scripts that are relying on that [although it's 
been source of confusion a couple of times].

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb