Re: [PATCH 4/4] m68knommu: Add missing initialization of max_pfn and {min,max}_low_pfn

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Nov 16 2015 - 08:06:04 EST


Hi Greg,

On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Greg Ungerer <gerg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> --- a/arch/m68k/kernel/setup_no.c
>> +++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/setup_no.c
>> @@ -238,11 +238,14 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
>> * Give all the memory to the bootmap allocator, tell it to put
>> the
>> * boot mem_map at the start of memory.
>> */
>> + min_low_pfn = PFN_DOWN(memory_start);
>> + max_pfn = max_low_pfn = PFN_DOWN(memory_end);
>> +
>> bootmap_size = init_bootmem_node(
>> NODE_DATA(0),
>> - memory_start >> PAGE_SHIFT, /* map goes here */
>> - PAGE_OFFSET >> PAGE_SHIFT, /* 0 on coldfire
>> */
>> - memory_end >> PAGE_SHIFT);
>> + min_low_pfn, /* map goes here */
>> + PFN_DOWN(PAGE_OFFSET), /* 0 on coldfire */
>> + max_pfn);
>> /*
>> * Free the usable memory, we have to make sure we do not free
>> * the bootmem bitmap so we then reserve it after freeing it :-)
>
> Should this be changed to use init_bootmem() as per your changes
> in patch 3 ("m68k/mm: sun3 - Add missing initialization of max_pfn and
> {min,max}_low_pfn")? For the same reason?

No. PAGE_OFFSET = PAGE_OFFSET_RAW = CONFIG_RAMBASE.
As the comment says, this is zero on coldfire, but not on all m68knommu
platforms.

Upon closer look, this isn't even true on all Coldfire boards:

arch/m68k/configs/m5208evb_defconfig:CONFIG_RAMBASE=0x40000000

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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