Re: [PATCH 1/2] efi: Fix reservation of unaccepted memory table

From: Mike Rapoport

Date: Mon Feb 16 2026 - 09:52:15 EST


On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 02:22:49PM +0000, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 05:51:47PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > My guess that multiple memblock_add() calls might add up to the full
> > > page size.
> >
> > I'm not following here. Can you explain what do you mean?
> >
> > Multiple memblock_add() calls to adjacent ranges will coalesce into one
> > larger range. But I don't see how is that related.
>
> I tried to find justification for the byte-level tracking by memblock.
> Not in relation to this case, but in general.

Probably somewhere deep in git archaeology :)

I presume to not waste a page for every small allocation.

> --
> Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov

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Sincerely yours,
Mike.