Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] mm, memory_hotplug: Initialize struct pages for the full memory section | From | David Hildenbrand <> | Date | Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:29:04 +0100 |
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On 17.12.18 13:28, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Mon 17-12-18 10:38:32, David Hildenbrand wrote: > [...] >> I am wondering if we should fix this on the memblock level instead than. >> Something like, before handing memory over to the page allocator, add >> memory as reserved up to the last section boundary. Or even when setting >> the physical memory limit (mem= scenario). > > Memory initialization is spread over several places and that makes it > really hard to grasp and maintain. I do not really see why we should > make memblock even more special. We do intialize the section worth of > memory here so it sounds like a proper place to quirk for incomplete > sections. >
True as well. The reason I am asking is, that memblock usually takes care of physical memory holes.
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Thanks,
David / dhildenb
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