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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] x86, memblock: Allocate memory near kernel image before SRAT parsed.
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 08:47:45 -0700
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Wanpeng Li <liwanp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Specifically there are a bunch of things which need to be below a certain address (which one varies.)

Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:
>Hello, Wanpeng.
>
>On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 04:58:11PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> What's the root reason memblock alloc from high to low? To reduce 
>> fragmentation or ...
>
>Because low memory tends to be more precious, it's just easier to pack
>everything towards the top so that we don't have to worry about which
>zone to use for allocation and fallback logic.
>
>Thanks.

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