>> diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c >> index 781fa04..a803599 100644 >> --- a/mm/sparse.c >> +++ b/mm/sparse.c >> @@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ static struct mem_section noinline __init_refok *sparse_index_alloc(int nid) >> return section; >> } >> >> +static void noinline __init_refok sparse_index_free(struct mem_section *section, >> + int nid) > >noinline is unecessary, this is only referenced from sparse_index_init() >and it's perfectly legimitate to inline. Also, this should be __meminit >and not __init. > Thanks for your comments. I'll change it into "inline __meminit" in next version :-) >> +{ >> + unsigned long size = SECTIONS_PER_ROOT * >> + sizeof(struct mem_section); >> + >> + if (!section) >> + return; >> + >> + if (slab_is_available()) >> + kfree(section); >> + else >> + free_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(nid), >> + virt_to_phys(section), size); > >Did you check what happens here if !node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY)? > I'm sorry that I'm not catching your point. Please explain for more if necessary. I'm not sure you're talking about "kfree(section);" since the memory chunk is allocated either by kzalloc_node() or kzalloc(). Thanks, Gavin -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>