The dummy entry is introduced in the initial implementation of lmb in
commit
7c8c6b9776fb ("powerpc: Merge lmb.c and make MM initialization
use it.").
As the comment says the empty dummy entry is to simplify the code.
/* Create a dummy zero size LMB which will get coalesced away later.
* This simplifies the lmb_add() code below...
*/
While current code is reimplemented by Tejun in commit
784656f9c680
("memblock: Reimplement memblock_add_region()"). This empty dummy entry
seems not benefit the code any more.
Let's remove it.
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
CC: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
CC: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240405015821.13411-1-richard.weiyang@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org>
struct memblock memblock __initdata_memblock = {
.memory.regions = memblock_memory_init_regions,
- .memory.cnt = 1, /* empty dummy entry */
.memory.max = INIT_MEMBLOCK_MEMORY_REGIONS,
.memory.name = "memory",
.reserved.regions = memblock_reserved_init_regions,
- .reserved.cnt = 1, /* empty dummy entry */
.reserved.max = INIT_MEMBLOCK_RESERVED_REGIONS,
.reserved.name = "reserved",
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_PHYS_MAP
struct memblock_type physmem = {
.regions = memblock_physmem_init_regions,
- .cnt = 1, /* empty dummy entry */
.max = INIT_PHYSMEM_REGIONS,
.name = "physmem",
};
/* Special case for empty arrays */
if (type->cnt == 0) {
WARN_ON(type->total_size != 0);
- type->cnt = 1;
type->regions[0].base = 0;
type->regions[0].size = 0;
type->regions[0].flags = 0;
/* special case for empty array */
if (type->regions[0].size == 0) {
- WARN_ON(type->cnt != 1 || type->total_size);
+ WARN_ON(type->cnt != 0 || type->total_size);
type->regions[0].base = base;
type->regions[0].size = size;
type->regions[0].flags = flags;
memblock_set_region_node(&type->regions[0], nid);
type->total_size = size;
+ type->cnt = 1;
return 0;
}
PREFIX_PUSH();
ASSERT_NE(memblock.memory.regions, NULL);
- ASSERT_EQ(memblock.memory.cnt, 1);
+ ASSERT_EQ(memblock.memory.cnt, 0);
ASSERT_EQ(memblock.memory.max, EXPECTED_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS);
ASSERT_EQ(strcmp(memblock.memory.name, "memory"), 0);
ASSERT_NE(memblock.reserved.regions, NULL);
- ASSERT_EQ(memblock.reserved.cnt, 1);
+ ASSERT_EQ(memblock.reserved.cnt, 0);
ASSERT_EQ(memblock.memory.max, EXPECTED_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS);
ASSERT_EQ(strcmp(memblock.reserved.name, "reserved"), 0);
ASSERT_EQ(rgn->base, 0);
ASSERT_EQ(rgn->size, 0);
- ASSERT_EQ(memblock.memory.cnt, 1);
+ ASSERT_EQ(memblock.memory.cnt, 0);
ASSERT_EQ(memblock.memory.total_size, 0);
test_pass_pop();
ASSERT_EQ(rgn->base, 0);
ASSERT_EQ(rgn->size, 0);
- ASSERT_EQ(memblock.reserved.cnt, 1);
+ ASSERT_EQ(memblock.reserved.cnt, 0);
ASSERT_EQ(memblock.reserved.total_size, 0);
test_pass_pop();
{
memset(memblock.memory.regions, 0,
memblock.memory.cnt * sizeof(struct memblock_region));
- memblock.memory.cnt = 1;
+ memblock.memory.cnt = 0;
memblock.memory.max = INIT_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS;
memblock.memory.total_size = 0;
memset(memblock.reserved.regions, 0,
memblock.reserved.cnt * sizeof(struct memblock_region));
- memblock.reserved.cnt = 1;
+ memblock.reserved.cnt = 0;
memblock.reserved.max = INIT_MEMBLOCK_RESERVED_REGIONS;
memblock.reserved.total_size = 0;
}