Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] sh: prefer memblock APIs returning virtual address

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Hi Mike.

On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 05:47:12PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> Rather than use the memblock_alloc_base that returns a physical address and
> then convert this address to the virtual one, use appropriate memblock
> function that returns a virtual address.
> 
> There is a small functional change in the allocation of then NODE_DATA().
> Instead of panicing if the local allocation failed, the non-local
> allocation attempt will be made.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/sh/mm/init.c | 18 +++++-------------
>  arch/sh/mm/numa.c |  5 ++---
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/init.c b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
> index c8c13c77..3576b5f 100644
> --- a/arch/sh/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/sh/mm/init.c
> @@ -192,24 +192,16 @@ void __init page_table_range_init(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
>  void __init allocate_pgdat(unsigned int nid)
>  {
>  	unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
> -#ifdef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
> -	unsigned long phys;
> -#endif
>  
>  	get_pfn_range_for_nid(nid, &start_pfn, &end_pfn);
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
> -	phys = __memblock_alloc_base(sizeof(struct pglist_data),
> -				SMP_CACHE_BYTES, end_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
> -	/* Retry with all of system memory */
> -	if (!phys)
> -		phys = __memblock_alloc_base(sizeof(struct pglist_data),
> -					SMP_CACHE_BYTES, memblock_end_of_DRAM());
> -	if (!phys)
> +	NODE_DATA(nid) = memblock_alloc_try_nid_nopanic(
> +				sizeof(struct pglist_data),
> +				SMP_CACHE_BYTES, MEMBLOCK_LOW_LIMIT,
> +				MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE, nid);
> +	if (!NODE_DATA(nid))
>  		panic("Can't allocate pgdat for node %d\n", nid);
> -
> -	NODE_DATA(nid) = __va(phys);
> -	memset(NODE_DATA(nid), 0, sizeof(struct pglist_data));
The new code will always assign NODE_DATA(nid), where the old
code only assigned NODE_DATA(nid) in the good case.
I dunno if this is an issue, just noticed the difference and
wanted to point it out.

	Sam




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