The patch titled
Subject: docs/vm: update memory-models documentation
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
docs-vm-update-memory-models-documentation.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/docs-vm-update-memory-models-documentation.patch
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From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: docs/vm: update memory-models documentation
To reflect the updates to free_area_init() family of functions.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200412194859.12663-22-rppt@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Cain <bcain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greentime Hu <green.hu@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Ungerer <gerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Guan Xuetao <gxt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Cc: Hoan Tran <Hoan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Ley Foon Tan <ley.foon.tan@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Salter <msalter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Hu <nickhu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stafford Horne <shorne@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst~docs-vm-update-memory-models-documentation
+++ a/Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst
@@ -46,11 +46,10 @@ maps the entire physical memory. For mos
have entries in the `mem_map` array. The `struct page` objects
corresponding to the holes are never fully initialized.
-To allocate the `mem_map` array, architecture specific setup code
-should call :c:func:`free_area_init_node` function or its convenience
-wrapper :c:func:`free_area_init`. Yet, the mappings array is not
-usable until the call to :c:func:`memblock_free_all` that hands all
-the memory to the page allocator.
+To allocate the `mem_map` array, architecture specific setup code should
+call :c:func:`free_area_init` function. Yet, the mappings array is not
+usable until the call to :c:func:`memblock_free_all` that hands all the
+memory to the page allocator.
If an architecture enables `CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL` option,
it may free parts of the `mem_map` array that do not cover the
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-memblock-replace-dereferences-of-memblock_regionnid-with-api-calls.patch
mm-make-early_pfn_to_nid-and-related-defintions-close-to-each-other.patch
mm-remove-config_have_memblock_node_map-option.patch
mm-free_area_init-use-maximal-zone-pfns-rather-than-zone-sizes.patch
mm-use-free_area_init-instead-of-free_area_init_nodes.patch
alpha-simplify-detection-of-memory-zone-boundaries.patch
arm-simplify-detection-of-memory-zone-boundaries.patch
arm64-simplify-detection-of-memory-zone-boundaries-for-uma-configs.patch
csky-simplify-detection-of-memory-zone-boundaries.patch
m68k-mm-simplify-detection-of-memory-zone-boundaries.patch
parisc-simplify-detection-of-memory-zone-boundaries.patch
sparc32-simplify-detection-of-memory-zone-boundaries.patch
unicore32-simplify-detection-of-memory-zone-boundaries.patch
xtensa-simplify-detection-of-memory-zone-boundaries.patch
mm-remove-early_pfn_in_nid-and-config_nodes_span_other_nodes.patch
mm-free_area_init-allow-defining-max_zone_pfn-in-descending-order.patch
mm-rename-free_area_init_node-to-free_area_init_memoryless_node.patch
mm-clean-up-free_area_init_node-and-its-helpers.patch
mm-simplify-find_min_pfn_with_active_regions.patch
docs-vm-update-memory-models-documentation.patch
