[PATCH 01/16] initrd: Add generic code path for common initrd unloading logic.

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On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 2:04 PM, Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead.org> wrote:
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_INITRAMFS_GENERIC_UNLOAD
>> +void free_initrd_mem(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
>> +{
>> +       free_reserved_area((void *)start, (void *)end, -1, "initrd");
>> +}
>> +#endif
>
> Given how trivial this is and how many architectures can use it I'd
> reverse the polarity and add a CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_FREE_INITRD_MEM
> instead.

And while adding "special" functionality to the generic version, more and more
users of CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_FREE_INITRD_MEM will be removed.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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