linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] x86: Only direct map addresses that are marked as E820

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Date:	Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:32:46 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>, X86-ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
	Chao Wang <chaowang@...hat.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] x86: Only direct map addresses that are marked as
 E820_RAM

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 02:17:51PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > +struct range pfn_mapped[E820_X_MAX];
> > +int nr_pfn_mapped;
> 
> change to static?
> 
> > +
> > +void add_pfn_range_mapped(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
> > +{
> > +       nr_pfn_mapped = add_range_with_merge(pfn_mapped, E820_X_MAX,
> > +                                            nr_pfn_mapped, start_pfn, end_pfn);
> > +       nr_pfn_mapped = clean_sort_range(pfn_mapped, E820_X_MAX);
> > +
> > +       max_pfn_mapped = max(max_pfn_mapped, end_pfn);
> > +
> > +       if (end_pfn <= (1UL << (32 - PAGE_SHIFT)))
> > +               max_low_pfn_mapped = max(max_low_pfn_mapped, end_pfn);
> > +}
> > +
> > +bool pfn_range_is_mapped(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
> > +{
> > +       int i;
> > +
> > +       for (i = 0; i < nr_pfn_mapped; i++)
> > +               if ((start_pfn >= pfn_mapped[i].start) &&
> > +                   (end_pfn <= pfn_mapped[i].end))
> > +                       return true;
> > +
> > +       return false;
> > +}
> > +
> > +bool pfn_is_mapped(unsigned long pfn)
> > +{
> > +       return pfn_range_is_mapped(pfn, pfn + 1);
> > +}
> 
> wonder if those functions have to be in arch/x86/kernel/setup.c.
> 
> also do we need to update the tracking array when we have do memory hot-remove?

Would you please make sure you've reviewed this whole patchset
thoroughly so that Jacob can do all changes at once and not keep
resending them twice a week.

Thanks a lot!

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