Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] sh: Restructure setup code to reserve memory regions earlier

From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Date: Thu Sep 26 2024 - 08:42:02 EST


Hi Oreoluwa,

On Wed, 2024-07-17 at 19:18 -0700, Oreoluwa Babatunde wrote:
> The unflatten_devicetree() function allocates memory from memblock
> before the system gets a chance to set aside the regions of memory that
> are meant to be reserved.
> This means that there is a possibility for memblock to allocate from
> these regions, thereby preventing them from being reserved.
>
> This series makes changes to the arch specific setup code to call the
> functions responsible for setting aside the reserved memory regions
> earlier in the init sequence.
>
> Hence, by the time memblock starts being used to allocate memory, the
> memory regions that are meant to be carved out would already be set aside.
>
> Oreoluwa Babatunde (2):
> sh: Restructure call site for early_reserve_mem()
> sh: Restructure setup code to reserve memory regions earlier
>
> arch/sh/include/asm/mmu.h | 1 +
> arch/sh/kernel/setup.c | 3 +++
> arch/sh/mm/init.c | 20 +++++++++-----------
> 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Apologies for the long silence. Both Artur and Geert (CC'ed) now also own a
J2 Turtleboard and I would like to have at least either of them test and
review your changes to make sure nothing breaks.

Thanks,
Adrian

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