Re: [PATCH v2] memblock: export memblock_free() to free reserved memory.

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On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 08:16:52PM +0800, Guanshun Liu wrote:
> On architectures that support the preservation of memblock metadata
> after __init, allow drivers to call memblock_free() to free a
> reservation configured in dts. This is a hack to support the

"This is a hack" implies that it's not a proper solution, right?

And anyway, memblock_free() will not actually free the memory after __init.

> freeing of bootsplash reservations passed to Linux by the bootloader.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guanshun Liu <lgs156412@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/memblock.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
> index 6d18485571b4..20e7f81fc076 100644
> --- a/mm/memblock.c
> +++ b/mm/memblock.c
> @@ -848,6 +848,9 @@ void __init_memblock memblock_free(void *ptr, size_t size)
>  	if (ptr)
>  		memblock_phys_free(__pa(ptr), size);
>  }
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(memblock_free);
> +#endif
>  
>  /**
>   * memblock_phys_free - free boot memory block
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.




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