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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/5] mm: page_alloc: remain memblock_next_valid_pfn() when CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PFN_VALID is enable
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On 3/28/2018 12:52 AM, Daniel Vacek Wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 1:24 PM, Jia He <hejianet@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Commit b92df1de5d28 ("mm: page_alloc: skip over regions of invalid pfns
>> where possible") optimized the loop in memmap_init_zone(). But it causes
>> possible panic bug. So Daniel Vacek reverted it later.
>>
>> But memblock_next_valid_pfn is valid when CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PFN_VALID is
>> enabled. And as verified by Eugeniu Rosca, arm can benifit from this
>> commit. So remain the memblock_next_valid_pfn.
> It is not dependent on CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PFN_VALID option but on
> arm(64) implementation of pfn_valid() function, IIUC. So it should
> really be moved from generic source file to arm specific location. I'd
> say somewhere close to the pfn_valid() implementation. Such as to
> arch/arm{,64}/mm/ init.c-ish?
>
> --nX
Ok, thanks for your suggestions.
I will try to move the  related codes to arm arch directory.

Cheer,
Jia

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