Re: [PATCH v2, part2 10/10] mm/x86: use free_highmem_page() to free highmem pages into buddy system

[Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>]

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Jiang Liu <liuj97@gmail.com> wrote:
> Use helper function free_highmem_page() to free highmem pages into
> the buddy system.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@huawei.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c |    1 -
>  arch/x86/mm/init_32.c    |   10 +---------
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c
> index 6f31ee5..252b8f5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c
> @@ -137,5 +137,4 @@ void __init set_highmem_pages_init(void)
>                 add_highpages_with_active_regions(nid, zone_start_pfn,
>                                  zone_end_pfn);
>         }
> -       totalram_pages += totalhigh_pages;

Hmm? I haven't looked at what totalram_pages is used for but could you
explain why this change is safe?

>  }
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
> index 2d19001..3ac7e31 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
> @@ -427,14 +427,6 @@ static void __init permanent_kmaps_init(pgd_t *pgd_base)
>         pkmap_page_table = pte;
>  }
>
> -static void __init add_one_highpage_init(struct page *page)
> -{
> -       ClearPageReserved(page);
> -       init_page_count(page);
> -       __free_page(page);
> -       totalhigh_pages++;
> -}
> -
>  void __init add_highpages_with_active_regions(int nid,
>                          unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
>  {
> @@ -448,7 +440,7 @@ void __init add_highpages_with_active_regions(int nid,
>                                               start_pfn, end_pfn);
>                 for ( ; pfn < e_pfn; pfn++)
>                         if (pfn_valid(pfn))
> -                               add_one_highpage_init(pfn_to_page(pfn));
> +                               free_highmem_page(pfn_to_page(pfn));
>         }
>  }
>  #else
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
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