Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:16:35 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm, bootmem: panic in bootmem alloc functions even if slab is available | From | Yinghai Lu <> |
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On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 6:42 AM, JoonSoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a different idea. > How about removing fallback allocation in bootmem.c completely? > I don't know why it is there exactly. > But, warning for 'slab_is_available()' is there for a long time. > So, most people who misuse fallback allocation change their code adequately. > I think that removing fallback at this time is valid. Isn't it?
if you guys really want to make thing simple, please do try to help to kill mm/bootmem.c and use memblock instead.
at last we could the wrapper mm/nobootmem.c.
Thanks
Yinghai
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