Re: [patch] 2.3.17-pre1 mem_init [Re: [PATCH] 2.3.15 fancy memory

Nick Holloway (Nick.Holloway@alfie.demon.co.uk)
5 Sep 1999 09:21:03 +0100

torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) writes:
> unsigned long start = e820.map[i].addr;
> unsigned long end = start + e820.map[i].size;
>
> start = PAGE_ALIGN(start) + PAGE_OFFSET;
> end = (end & PAGE_MASK) + PAGE_OFFSET;

Doesn't this end up wasting 1 page of memory at the start (as PAGE_ALIGN
already takes you to the next page boundary)?

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