On Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 10:15:45AM +0100, Alexandru Elisei wrote: > The page allocator has better allocation tracking and is used by all > architectures, while the physical allocator is now never used for > allocating memory. > > Simplify the physical allocator by removing allocation accounting. This > accomplishes two things: > > 1. It makes the allocator more useful, as the warning that was displayed > each allocation after the 256th is removed. > > 2. Together with the lock removal, the physical allocator becomes more > appealing as a very early allocator, when using the page allocator might > not be desirable or feasible. How does the locking cause problems when used in an early allocator? > > Also, phys_alloc_show() has received a slight change in the way it displays > the use and free regions: the end of the region is now non-inclusive, to > allow phys_alloc_show() to express that no memory has been used, or no > memory is free, in which case the start and the end adresses are equal. > > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@xxxxxxx> > --- > lib/alloc_phys.c | 65 ++++++++++++++---------------------------------- > lib/alloc_phys.h | 5 ++-- > 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-) > Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <andrew.jones@xxxxxxxxx>
