Re: [PATCH v8 1/1] mm/page_alloc.c: refactor initialization of struct page for holes in memory layout

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Fri Feb 26 2021 - 01:16:07 EST


On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 04:08:51PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:43:51 +0200 Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > void __meminit __weak memmap_init_zone(struct zone *zone)
> > {
> > unsigned long zone_start_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
> > unsigned long zone_end_pfn = zone_start_pfn + zone->spanned_pages;
> > int i, nid = zone_to_nid(zone), zone_id = zone_idx(zone);
> > + static unsigned long hole_pfn = 0;
>
> static implies that pgdat->node_zones[] is alwyas sorted in ascending
> pfn order. Always true?

Yes.

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.