Re: linux-next: Tree for May 4 --> mm: free_area_init: allow defining max_zone_pfn in descending order does increase memory use

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To: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for May 4 --> mm: free_area_init: allow defining max_zone_pfn in descending order does increase memory use
From: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 16:50:06 +0200
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Marc Hartmayer <mhartmay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-s390 <linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Mike,
commit 51a2f644fd020d5f090044825c388444d11029d ("mm: free_area_init: allow defining max_zone_pfn in descending order")
does increase the memory use on s390 (e.g. 700 MB vs.1.8 GB).

Something is odd in this patch. Any idea?

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