Re: [PATCH v2, part2 10/10] mm/x86: use free_highmem_page() to freehighmem pages into buddy system

From: Pekka Enberg
Date: Sun Mar 10 2013 - 06:40:58 EST


On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Jiang Liu <liuj97@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Use helper function free_highmem_page() to free highmem pages into
>> the buddy system.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c | 1 -
>> arch/x86/mm/init_32.c | 10 +---------
>> 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c
>> index 6f31ee5..252b8f5 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c
>> @@ -137,5 +137,4 @@ void __init set_highmem_pages_init(void)
>> add_highpages_with_active_regions(nid, zone_start_pfn,
>> zone_end_pfn);
>> }
>> - totalram_pages += totalhigh_pages;
>
> Hmm? I haven't looked at what totalram_pages is used for but could you
> explain why this change is safe?

Never mind, I should have read the patchset more carefully:

Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
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