Re: [PATCH UPDATED 03/26] x86, NUMA: Drop @start/last_pfn frominitmem_init() initmem_init()

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Feb 14 2011 - 09:20:30 EST



* Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> initmem_init() extensively accesses and modifies global data
> structures and the parameters aren't even followed depending on which
> path is being used. Drop @start/last_pfn and let it deal with
> @max_pfn directly. This is in preparation for further NUMA init
> cleanups.
>
> * x86-32 initmem_init() weren't updated breaking 32bit builds. Fixed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Shaohui Zheng <shaohui.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

You forgot to add:

Reported-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>

The kernel development process is review and testing limited and we have a clear
oversupply in development power. So we want to encourage review and testing feedback
as much as possible, so adding all the Reported-by / Tested-by tags is absolutely
vital to being able to do more development.

Thanks,

Ingo
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