Re: [PATCH v2 4/9] mm: move free_reserved_area() to mm/memblock.c

[PATCH v2 0/9] memblock: improve late freeing of reserved memory · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2026-03-23
[PATCH v2 1/9] memblock: reserve_mem: fix end caclulation in reserve_mem_release_by_name() · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2026-03-23
[PATCH v2 2/9] powerpc: fadump: pair alloc_pages_exact() with free_pages_exact() · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2026-03-23
[PATCH v2 3/9] powerpc: opal-core: pair alloc_pages_exact() with free_pages_exact() · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2026-03-23
[PATCH v2 4/9] mm: move free_reserved_area() to mm/memblock.c · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2026-03-23
Re: [PATCH v2 4/9] mm: move free_reserved_area() to mm/memblock.c · "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org> · 2026-03-30
[PATCH v2 5/9] memblock: make free_reserved_area() more robust · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2026-03-23
[PATCH v2 6/9] memblock: extract page freeing from free_reserved_area() into a helper · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2026-03-23
[PATCH v2 7/9] memblock: make free_reserved_area() update memblock if ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK=y · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2026-03-23
[PATCH v2 8/9] memblock, treewide: make memblock_free() handle late freeing · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2026-03-23
[PATCH v2 9/9] memblock: warn when freeing reserved memory before memory map is initialized · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2026-03-23
Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] memblock: improve late freeing of reserved memory · Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> · 2026-03-25

From: "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-03-30 09:00:48
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On 3/23/26 08:48, Mike Rapoport wrote:

From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>

free_reserved_area() is related to memblock as it frees reserved memory
back to the buddy allocator, similar to what memblock_free_late() does.

Move free_reserved_area() to mm/memblock.c to prepare for further
consolidation of the functions that free reserved memory.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>

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