Re: [RFC PATCH] sparse_irq aka dyn_irq

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Nov 10 2008 - 04:55:47 EST


On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:40:33 +0100 Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > >> @@ -987,6 +988,8 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
> > >>
> > >> set_highmem_pages_init();
> > >>
> > >> + after_bootmem = 1;
> > >
> > > this hack can go away once we have a proper percpu_alloc() that can be
> > > used early enough.
> >
> > where is that fancy patch? current percpu_alloc(), will keep big
> > pointer in array..., instead of put that pointer in percpu_area
> >
> > 64bit has that after_bootmem already.
>
> or at least introduce a "bootmem agnostic" allocator instead of
> open-coding the after_bootmem flag.
>
> Something like:
>
> early_kzalloc()
>
> ?
>
> Andrew, any preferences?

My mind reading ain't what it was, and this after_bootmem flag is
write-only in this patch.

So what's all this about?
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