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> Tested-by: Hoan Tran <hoan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [arm64] 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: "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 _
