Re: [PATCH] x86: reuse the boot-time mappings of fixed_addresses

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Xiao Guangrong <ericxiao.gr@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
> 
> Some fixed_addresses items are only used when system boot, after 
> boot, they are free but no way to use, like early ioremap area. 
> They are wasted for us, we can reuse them after system boot.
> 
> In this patch, we put them in permanent kmap's area and expand 
> vmalloc's address range. In boot time, reserve them in 
> permanent_kmaps_init() to avoid multiple used, after system boot, 
> we unreserved them then user can use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h           |    2 ++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32_types.h |    4 ++--
>  arch/x86/mm/init_32.c                   |    8 ++++++++
>  include/linux/highmem.h                 |    2 ++
>  mm/highmem.c                            |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

I'm wondering, how much space do we save this way, on a typical 
bootup on a typical PC?

	Ingo

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