From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx151.postini.com [74.125.245.151]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A3D276B0062 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 01:30:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <1338960617.7150.163.camel@pasglop> Subject: RE: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix assmption of end_of_DRAM() returns end address From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:30:17 +1000 In-Reply-To: <6A3DF150A5B70D4F9B66A25E3F7C888D03D68F08@039-SN2MPN1-022.039d.mgd.msft.net> References: <1338904504-2750-1-git-send-email-bharat.bhushan@freescale.com> <1338934659.7150.113.camel@pasglop> <20120605.152058.828742127223799137.davem@davemloft.net> <6A3DF150A5B70D4F9B66A25E3F7C888D03D68F08@039-SN2MPN1-022.039d.mgd.msft.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Bhushan Bharat-R65777 Cc: David Miller , Andrea Arcangeli , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "galak@kernel.crashing.org" , "linux-mm@kvack.org" On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 00:46 +0000, Bhushan Bharat-R65777 wrote: > > >> memblock_end_of_DRAM() returns end_address + 1, not end address. > > >> While some code assumes that it returns end address. > > > > > > Shouldn't we instead fix it the other way around ? IE, make > > > memblock_end_of_DRAM() does what the name implies, which is to > return > > > the last byte of DRAM, and fix the -other- callers not to make bad > > > assumptions ? > > > > That was my impression too when I saw this patch. > > Initially I also intended to do so. I initiated a email on linux-mm@ > subject "memblock_end_of_DRAM() return end address + 1" and the only > response I received from Andrea was: > > " > It's normal that "end" means "first byte offset out of the range". End > = not ok. > end = start+size. > This is true for vm_end too. So it's better to keep it that way. > My suggestion is to just fix point 1 below and audit the rest :) > " Oh well, I don't care enough to fight this battle in my current state so unless Dave has more stamina than I have today, I'm ok with the patch. Cheers, Ben. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org