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From: Sumit Gupta <sumit.g.007@gmail.com>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	mm-commits@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Query about merging memblock and bootmem into one new alloc
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 19:10:26 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANDtUregqtqLLa+kFSR+Hqz4dsi5jSQS1=nzUeTaXRE-wTQiyA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

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Hi All,

For ARM Linux, during booting first memblock reserves memory regions then
bootmem allocator create node, mem_map, page bitmap data and then hands
over to buddy.
I have been thinking from some time about why we need two different
allocators for this.
Can we merge both into one(memblock into bootmem) or create a new allocator
which can speed up the same thing which is easy to enhance in future.
I am not sure about this and whether it's good idea or will it be fruitful.

Please suggest and share your opinion.

Thank you in advance for your help.


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Thanks & Regards,
Sumit Gupta
Mob: +91-9717222038

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