Re: [PATCH V5 2/3] mm/memblock: Add support for excluded memory areas

2014-01-22 Thread Andrew Morton
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:18:21 +0100 Philipp Hachtmann wrote: > Hi again, > > I'd like to remind that the s390 development relies on this patch > (and the next one, for cleanliness, of course) being added. It would be > very good to see it being added to the -mm tree resp. linux-next. > Once th

Re: [PATCH V5 2/3] mm/memblock: Add support for excluded memory areas

2014-01-22 Thread Robin Holt
The reason I have not responded is I do not see the utility of this patch and did not feel like I had been engaged enough in the design of whatever is going to be using this to know if this is the right direction to go. As for the code, it all looks like what I would have done assuming I really ne

Re: [PATCH V5 2/3] mm/memblock: Add support for excluded memory areas

2014-01-22 Thread Philipp Hachtmann
Hi again, I'd like to remind that the s390 development relies on this patch (and the next one, for cleanliness, of course) being added. It would be very good to see it being added to the -mm tree resp. linux-next. Kind regards Philipp -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

[PATCH V5 2/3] mm/memblock: Add support for excluded memory areas

2014-01-20 Thread Philipp Hachtmann
Add a new memory state "nomap" to memblock. This can be used to truncate the usable memory in the system without forgetting about what is really installed. Signed-off-by: Philipp Hachtmann --- include/linux/memblock.h | 25 +++ mm/Kconfig | 3 + mm/memblock.c| 17