Re: [PATCH] x86: introduce bootmem_state -v2

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Fri Mar 06 2009 - 15:41:36 EST


Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>> * Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Impact: cleanup
>>>>
>>>> extend after_bootmem and after_init_bootmem to bootmem_state
>>>> and will have BEFORE_BOOTMEM, DURING_BOOTMEM, AFTER_BOOTMEM
>>>>
>>>> v2: style changes according to ingo
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 1 +
>>>> arch/x86/mm/init.c | 13 +++++++------
>>>> arch/x86/mm/init_32.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
>>>> arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
>>>> include/linux/mm.h | 9 +++++++++
>>>> 5 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>>>> Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/mm.h
>>>> ===================================================================
>>>> --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/mm.h
>>>> +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/mm.h
>>>> @@ -1067,6 +1067,15 @@ extern void __init mmap_init(void);
>>>> extern void show_mem(void);
>>>> extern void si_meminfo(struct sysinfo * val);
>>>> extern void si_meminfo_node(struct sysinfo *val, int nid);
>>>> +
>>>> +enum bootmem_state {
>>>> + BEFORE_BOOTMEM,
>>>> + DURING_BOOTMEM,
>>>> + AFTER_BOOTMEM
>>>> +};
>>>> +
>>>> +extern enum bootmem_state bootmem_state;
>>>> +
>>>> extern int after_bootmem;
>>> Btw., the after_bootmem variable itself should either move
>>> to x86 (and arch/sh), or should be defined in mm/bootmem.c.
>>>
>>> Right now we have this weird mm.h construct that is not
>>> actually useful to generic code.
>> with this patch, only sh is using after_bootmem. could
>> 1. make sh to use bootmem_state
>> 2. then remove after_bootmem
>
> Hm, lets leave arch/sh alone for now i think - the commits are
> desintd for the x86 tree.
>
> But we should move our after_bootmem to arch/x86/include/ and
> not pollute mm.h with it. It's an x86 internal detail for now.
>

you mean move bootmem_state to arch/x86/include ?
with this patch are not using after_bootmem anymore.

YH
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