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[v6,05/36] powerpc/fadump: use helper functions to reserve/release cpu notes buffer

Message ID 156821323555.5656.2486038022572739622.stgit@hbathini.in.ibm.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 72aa651795f0e9f48bfdb2b2dd0b3e6900351d2a
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Series Add FADump support on PowerNV platform | expand

Commit Message

Hari Bathini Sept. 11, 2019, 2:47 p.m. UTC 
Use helper functions to simplify memory allocation, pinning down and
freeing the memory used for CPU notes buffer.

Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
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* New patch to improve CPU notes buffer allocation.


 arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c |   21 ++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index eb0745e..994fc09 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -786,33 +786,24 @@  void fadump_update_elfcore_header(char *bufp)
 
 static void *fadump_alloc_buffer(unsigned long size)
 {
-	void *vaddr;
+	unsigned long count, i;
 	struct page *page;
-	unsigned long order, count, i;
+	void *vaddr;
 
-	order = get_order(size);
-	vaddr = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, order);
+	vaddr = alloc_pages_exact(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!vaddr)
 		return NULL;
 
-	count = 1 << order;
+	count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) / PAGE_SIZE;
 	page = virt_to_page(vaddr);
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
-		SetPageReserved(page + i);
+		mark_page_reserved(page + i);
 	return vaddr;
 }
 
 static void fadump_free_buffer(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long size)
 {
-	struct page *page;
-	unsigned long order, count, i;
-
-	order = get_order(size);
-	count = 1 << order;
-	page = virt_to_page(vaddr);
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
-		ClearPageReserved(page + i);
-	__free_pages(page, order);
+	free_reserved_area((void *)vaddr, (void *)(vaddr + size), -1, NULL);
 }
 
 s32 fadump_setup_cpu_notes_buf(u32 num_cpus)