Re: [PATCHv3 2/7] efi/x86: Get full memory map in allocate_e820()

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On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 02:38:42PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 1/28/22 12:59, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > Modify allocate_e820() to get a full memory map.
> 
> Dumb question time: why doesn't the current code get a full memory map?
>  This looks simpler.  What's the downside?  Memory consumption?

Yeah, it requires memory allocation that has to be freed back.

Otherwise I don't see any downsides. There are several more EFI calls, but
it should not make a noticable difference on boot time.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov



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