On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:36:56 +0800 Jiang Liu <liuj97@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > void mod_zone_managed_pages(struct zone *zone, signed long delta) > > { > > WARN_ON(system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING && > > !is_locked_memory_hotplug()); > > zone->managed_pages += delta; > > } > This seems a little overhead because __free_pages_bootmem() is on the hot path > and will be called many times at boot time. Maybe, maybe not. These things are measurable so let's not just guess. But I'm not really recommending that we do this - there are all sorts of things we *could* check and warn about, but we don't. Potential errors in this area don't seem terribly important. -- 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>