Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] fadump: Register the memory reserved by fadump

* Andrew Morton [2016-08-04 14:01:33]: > > Register the memory reserved by fadump, so that the cache sizes are > > calculated based on the free memory (i.e Total memory - reserved > > memory). > > Looks harmless enough to me. I'll schedule the patches for 4.8. But >

Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] fadump: Register the memory reserved by fadump

On Thu, 4 Aug 2016 22:42:09 +0530 Srikar Dronamraju wrote: > Fadump kernel reserves large chunks of memory even before the pages are > initialized. This could mean memory that corresponds to several nodes might > fall in memblock reserved regions. > > Kernels

[PATCH V2 2/2] fadump: Register the memory reserved by fadump

Fadump kernel reserves large chunks of memory even before the pages are initialized. This could mean memory that corresponds to several nodes might fall in memblock reserved regions. Kernels compiled with CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT will initialize only certain size memory per node. The