[PATCH v5 04/14] memory-hotplug: remove /sys/firmware/memmap/X sysfs

Tang Chen tangchen at cn.fujitsu.com
Thu Dec 27 14:09:35 EST 2012


On 12/26/2012 11:30 AM, Kamezawa Hiroyuki wrote:
>> @@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ struct firmware_map_entry {
>>    	const char		*type;	/* type of the memory range */
>>    	struct list_head	list;	/* entry for the linked list */
>>    	struct kobject		kobj;   /* kobject for each entry */
>> +	unsigned int		bootmem:1; /* allocated from bootmem */
>>    };
> 
> Can't we detect from which the object is allocated from, slab or bootmem ?
> 
> Hm, for example,
> 
>      PageReserved(virt_to_page(address_of_obj)) ?
>      PageSlab(virt_to_page(address_of_obj)) ?
> 

Hi Kamezawa-san,

I think we can detect it without a new member. I think bootmem:1 member
is just for convenience. I think I can remove it. :)

Thanks. :)


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