RE: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 3/7] mm: add a function to get the max pfn

From	"Li, Liang Z" <liang.z.li@intel.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	RE: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 3/7] mm: add a function to get the max pfn
Date	2016-10-25 03:30 +0200
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> On 10/20/2016 11:24 PM, Liang Li wrote:
> > Expose the function to get the max pfn, so it can be used in the
> > virtio-balloon device driver. Simply include the 'linux/bootmem.h'
> > is not enough, if the device driver is built to a module, directly
> > refer the max_pfn lead to build failed.
> 
> I'm not sure the rest of the set is worth reviewing.  I think a lot of it will
> change pretty fundamentally once you have those improved data structures
> in place.

That's true. I will send out the v4 as soon as possible.

Liang

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[RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 3/7] mm: add a function to get the max pfn Liang Li <liang.z.li@intel.com> - 2016-10-21 08:40 +0200
  Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 3/7] mm: add a function to get the max  pfn Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> - 2016-10-24 19:00 +0200
    RE: [RESEND PATCH v3 kernel 3/7] mm: add a function to get the max  pfn "Li, Liang Z" <liang.z.li@intel.com> - 2016-10-25 03:30 +0200

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