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better explanation of memblock_merge_regions()

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Alexander Kuleshov 2016-10-18 00:23:07 +06:00
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@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ As we update the size of the first memory region with the size of the next memor
memmove(next, next + 1, (type->cnt - (i + 2)) * sizeof(*next));
```
And decrease the count of the memory regions which belong to the `memblock_type`:
The `memmove` here moves all regions which are located after the `next` region to the base address of the `next` region. In the end we just decrease the count of the memory regions which belong to the `memblock_type`:
```C
type->cnt--;
@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ After this we will get two memory regions merged into one:
+------------------------------------------------+
```
As we decreased counts of regions in a memblock with certain type, increased size of the `this` region and shifted all regions which are located after `next` region to its place.
That's all. This is the whole principle of the work of the `memblock_add_range` function.
There is also `memblock_reserve` function which does the same as `memblock_add`, but with one difference. It stores `memblock_type.reserved` in the memblock instead of `memblock_type.memory`.