Hi Mike. > index c37955d..2a17665 100644 > --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c > +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c > @@ -34,16 +34,13 @@ > > void * __init prom_early_alloc(unsigned long size) > { > - unsigned long paddr = memblock_phys_alloc(size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES); > - void *ret; > + void *ret = memblock_alloc(size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES); > > - if (!paddr) { > + if (!ret) { > prom_printf("prom_early_alloc(%lu) failed\n", size); > prom_halt(); > } > > - ret = __va(paddr); > - memset(ret, 0, size); > prom_early_allocated += size; > > return ret; memblock_alloc() calls memblock_alloc_try_nid(). And if allocation fails then memblock_alloc_try_nid() calls panic(). So will we ever hit the prom_halt() code? Do we have a panic() implementation that actually returns? > diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c > index 3c8aac2..52884f4 100644 > --- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c > +++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c > @@ -1089,16 +1089,13 @@ static void __init allocate_node_data(int nid) > struct pglist_data *p; > unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn; > #ifdef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES > - unsigned long paddr; > > - paddr = memblock_phys_alloc_try_nid(sizeof(struct pglist_data), > - SMP_CACHE_BYTES, nid); > - if (!paddr) { > + NODE_DATA(nid) = memblock_alloc_node(sizeof(struct pglist_data), > + SMP_CACHE_BYTES, nid); > + if (!NODE_DATA(nid)) { > prom_printf("Cannot allocate pglist_data for nid[%d]\n", nid); > prom_halt(); > } > - NODE_DATA(nid) = __va(paddr); > - memset(NODE_DATA(nid), 0, sizeof(struct pglist_data)); > > NODE_DATA(nid)->node_id = nid; > #endif Same here. I did not look at the other cases. Sam