linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix e820 end address with EFI

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Date:	Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:06:14 +0800
From:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Brian Maly <bmaly@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix e820 end address with EFI

On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 10:53 +0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> Huang Ying wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 09:28 +0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >> Huang Ying wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 05:38 +0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >>>> Huang Ying wrote:
> >>>>> On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 10:51 +0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >>>>>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> so 64bit could use ioremap_cache() too?
> >>>>>>>> we may keep 32bit and 64bit a bit consistent.
> >>>>>>> If we use ioremap_cache(), kexec runtime service will not work in kexec
> >>>>>>> situation, which needs EFI runtime memory area to be mapped at exact
> >>>>>>> same location across kexec. I think we should support kexec if possible.
> >>>>>> sure.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> please don't touch max_low_pfn_mapped, because some range may not
> >>>>>> directly mapped under those efi run-time code
> >>>>> Find an issue to use init_memory_mapping() here.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If the memory range to be mapped is less than 2M, the last mapped
> >>>>> address may be next 2M aligned position, this may lead mapping
> >>>>> overlapping between memory range. Such as:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 0x3f388000 - 0x3f488000: real mapped	0x3f388000 - 0x3f600000
> >>>>> 0x3f590000 - 0x3f5bb000: real mapped	0x3f590000 - 0x3f600000
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The problem is that the memory range 0x3f400000 - 0x3f590000 is left not
> >>>>> mapped!
> >>>> what is max_low_pfn_mapped before that?
> >>> I don't know exactly what you mean. Can you elaborate a little?
> >>>
> >>> 0 ~ max_low_pfn_mapped ~ max_pfn_mapped can be mapped with
> >>> init_memory_mapping() properly.
> >>>
> >>> The issue of above example is that 0x3f400000 ~ 0x3f488000 is a
> >>> sub-range of 0x3f388000 ~ 0x3f488000, which should be mapped but is left
> >>> not mapped.
> >> what is max_low_pfn_mapped?
> >>
> >> what is init_memory_mapping() printout?
> > 
> > This does not comes from a real test case. To test the changes I made, I
> > make efi_ioremap() being used even if the corresponding memory range is
> > below max_low_pfn_mapped. The dmesg of test is attached with the mail.
> > 
> > The printout of init_memory_mapping shows:
> > 
> > init_memory_mapping: 000000003f488000-000000003f4bb000                          
> > last_map_addr: 3f600000 end: 3f4bb000
> > init_memory_mapping: 000000003f590000-000000003f5bb000                          
> > last_map_addr: 3f600000 end: 3f5bb000
> init_memory_mapping: 0000000000000000-000000003f700000                          
> 
> last_map_addr: 3f700000 end: 3f700000                                           
> 
> (6 early reservations) ==> bootmem [0000000000 - 003f700000]
> 
> so max_low_pfn_mapped is (3f700000>>12)
> and you try to init_memory_mapping again before it

Yes. Just for testing, I want to use efi_ioremap() on more memory range
to test.

> > init_memory_mapping: 00000000fffb0000-00000000fffba000                          
> > last_map_addr: 100000000 end: fffba000
> this one is interesting... got over mapped...
> > 
> > So I think it is possible to have the issue I mentioned above.
> 
> looks like.

So, If you have no time, I can try to fix that. Do you think
init_memory_mapping should stop at specified end page?

Best Regards,
Huang Ying


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