Re: [PATCH -v1] MIPS: fix pfn_valid() for FLATMEM

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:21:12PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> > Here, we fix it via checking pfn is in the "System RAM" or not. and
> > Seems pfn_valid() is not called in assembly code, we move it to
> > "!__ASSEMBLY__" to ensure we can simply declare it via "extern int
> > pfn_valid(unsigned long)" without Compiling Error.
> > 
> > (This -v1 version incorporates feedback from Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
> >  and Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com>)
> 
> Hmm.  What exactly would be wrong with using register_nosave_region() or
> register_nosave_region_late() like x86 does?

That seems to be more the fix than pfn_valid / PageReserved fiddlery we were
discussing in the other thread.  Thanks!

  Ralf