RE: [PATCH] arm64: mm: free unused memmap for sparse memory model that define VMEMMAP

From: Song Bao Hua (Barry Song)
Date: Wed Jul 08 2020 - 03:18:53 EST




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> Subject: [PATCH] arm64: mm: free unused memmap for sparse memory model
> that define VMEMMAP
>
> For the memory hole, sparse memory model that define
> SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP do not free the reserved memory for the page map,
> this patch do it.

Hello Wei,
Just curious if this patch breaks MEMORY_HOTPLUG?

>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Li <liwei213@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Feng <puck.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Xia Qing <saberlily.xia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 81
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c index
> 1e93cfc7c47a..d1b56b47d5ba 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> @@ -441,7 +441,48 @@ void __init bootmem_init(void)
> memblock_dump_all();
> }
>

Thanks
Barry