Re: [PATCH v2 13/13] arch, mm: make releasing of memory to page allocator more explicit
From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Thu Mar 13 2025 - 11:20:48 EST
On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 at 14:53, Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The point where the memory is released from memblock to the buddy allocator
> is hidden inside arch-specific mem_init()s and the call to
> memblock_free_all() is needlessly duplicated in every artiste cure and
> after introduction of arch_mm_preinit() hook, mem_init() implementation on
> many architecture only contains the call to memblock_free_all().
>
> Pull memblock_free_all() call into mm_core_init() and drop mem_init() on
> relevant architectures to make it more explicit where the free memory is
> released from memblock to the buddy allocator and to reduce code
> duplication in architecture specific code.
>
> Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # x86
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> arch/m68k/mm/init.c | 2 --
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # m68k
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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