Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] mm: Introduce kernelcore=mirror option

From: Xishi Qiu
Date: Fri Dec 11 2015 - 04:44:45 EST


On 2015/12/11 13:53, Izumi, Taku wrote:

> Dear Xishi,
>
>> Hi Taku,
>>
>> Whether it is possible that we rewrite the fallback function in buddy system
>> when zone_movable and mirrored_kernelcore are both enabled?
>
> What does "when zone_movable and mirrored_kernelcore are both enabled?" mean ?
>
> My patchset just provides a new way to create ZONE_MOVABLE.
>

Hi Taku,

I mean when zone_movable is from kernelcore=mirror, not kernelcore=nn[KMG].

Thanks,
Xishi Qiu

> Sincerely,
> Taku Izumi
>>
>> It seems something like that we add a new zone but the name is zone_movable,
>> not zone_mirror. And the prerequisite is that we won't enable these two
>> features(movable memory and mirrored memory) at the same time. Thus we can
>> reuse the code of movable zone.
>>
>
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