Re: [RFC 06/23] mm/memblock: Add memblock early memory allocation apis

2013-10-14 Thread Santosh Shilimkar
On Monday 14 October 2013 10:58 AM, Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 10:39:54AM -0400, Santosh Shilimkar wrote: +void __memblock_free_early(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size); +void __memblock_free_late(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size); >>> >>> Would it be possib

Re: [RFC 06/23] mm/memblock: Add memblock early memory allocation apis

2013-10-14 Thread Tejun Heo
Hello, On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 10:39:54AM -0400, Santosh Shilimkar wrote: > >> +void __memblock_free_early(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size); > >> +void __memblock_free_late(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size); > > > > Would it be possible to drop "early"? It's redundant and makes the > > func

Re: [RFC 06/23] mm/memblock: Add memblock early memory allocation apis

2013-10-14 Thread Santosh Shilimkar
On Sunday 13 October 2013 01:56 PM, Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 05:58:49PM -0400, Santosh Shilimkar wrote: >> Introduce memblock early memory allocation APIs which allow to support >> LPAE extension on 32 bits archs. More over, this is the next step > [..] >> +/* FIXME

Re: [RFC 06/23] mm/memblock: Add memblock early memory allocation apis

2013-10-14 Thread Santosh Shilimkar
On Sunday 13 October 2013 02:42 PM, Tejun Heo wrote: > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 07:00:59PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 01:56:48PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 05:58:49PM -0400, Santosh Shilimkar wrote: Introduce membloc

Re: [RFC 06/23] mm/memblock: Add memblock early memory allocation apis

2013-10-13 Thread Tejun Heo
On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 07:00:59PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 01:56:48PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: > > Hello, > > > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 05:58:49PM -0400, Santosh Shilimkar wrote: > > > Introduce memblock early memory allocation APIs which allow to support

Re: [RFC 06/23] mm/memblock: Add memblock early memory allocation apis

2013-10-13 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux
On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 01:56:48PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 05:58:49PM -0400, Santosh Shilimkar wrote: > > Introduce memblock early memory allocation APIs which allow to support > > LPAE extension on 32 bits archs. More over, this is the next step > > LPAE isn'

Re: [RFC 06/23] mm/memblock: Add memblock early memory allocation apis

2013-10-13 Thread Tejun Heo
Hello, On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 05:58:49PM -0400, Santosh Shilimkar wrote: > Introduce memblock early memory allocation APIs which allow to support > LPAE extension on 32 bits archs. More over, this is the next step LPAE isn't something people outside arm circle would understand. Let's stick to hi