From: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
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Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] memblock: cleanup memblock_free interface
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:15:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <60c0d0f9-e4c6-ef66-b85b-0d091f8cba15@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210923074335.12583-4-rppt@kernel.org>
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On 23.09.21 09:43, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
>
> For ages memblock_free() interface dealt with physical addresses even
> despite the existence of memblock_alloc_xx() functions that return a
> virtual pointer.
>
> Introduce memblock_phys_free() for freeing physical ranges and repurpose
> memblock_free() to free virtual pointers to make the following pairing
> abundantly clear:
>
> int memblock_phys_free(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
> phys_addr_t memblock_phys_alloc(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
>
> void *memblock_alloc(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t align);
> void memblock_free(void *ptr, size_t size);
>
> Replace intermediate memblock_free_ptr() with memblock_free() and drop
> unnecessary aliases memblock_free_early() and memblock_free_early_nid().
>
> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
arch/x86/xen/ parts: Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Juergen
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-23 8:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-23 7:43 [PATCH 0/3] memblock: cleanup memblock_free interface Mike Rapoport
2021-09-23 7:43 ` [PATCH 1/3] arch_numa: simplify numa_distance allocation Mike Rapoport
2021-09-23 7:43 ` [PATCH 2/3] xen/x86: free_p2m_page: use memblock_free_ptr() to free a virtual pointer Mike Rapoport
2021-09-23 8:10 ` Juergen Gross
2021-09-23 7:43 ` [PATCH 3/3] memblock: cleanup memblock_free interface Mike Rapoport
2021-09-23 8:15 ` Juergen Gross [this message]
2021-09-23 9:47 ` Christophe Leroy
2021-09-23 12:01 ` Mike Rapoport
2021-09-23 13:54 ` Christophe Leroy
2021-09-24 5:32 ` Mike Rapoport
2021-09-23 12:44 ` Shahab Vahedi
2021-09-23 16:01 ` [PATCH 0/3] " Linus Torvalds
2021-09-23 19:45 ` Mike Rapoport
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