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Message-ID: <4815A0D7.9030403@googlemail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:03:03 +0200
From: Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>
To: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@...el.com>,
Mika Fischer <mika.fischer@...pnet.de>, balajirrao@...il.com,
Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_32: trim memory by updating e820 v3
Gabriel C wrote:
> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:18 AM, Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com> wrote:
>>> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>> > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 5:56 AM, Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com> wrote:
>>> >> Andrew Morton wrote:
>>> >> > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:23:20 -0800 Yinghai Lu <Yinghai.Lu@....COM> wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> [PATCH] x86_32: trim memory by updating e820 v3
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> when mtrr is not covering all e820 table, need to trim the ram, need to update e820
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> reuse some code for x86_64
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> here need to add early_get_cap and use it in early_cpu_detect, and move mtrr_bp_init early
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> need Justine to test with his special system with bug bios.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@....com>
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Speaking of mtrr and e820....
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Could someone please take a peek at
>>> >> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10508 ?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > For some reason we seem to have turned this:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable)
>>> >> > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
>>> >> > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000dc000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
>>> >> > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000bf6d0000 (usable)
>>> >> > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bf6d0000 - 00000000bf6e3000 (ACPI NVS)
>>> >> > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000bf6e3000 - 00000000c0000000 (reserved)
>>> >> > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved)
>>> >> > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec10000 (reserved)
>>> >> > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fed00000 - 00000000fed00400 (reserved)
>>> >> > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fed14000 - 00000000fed1a000 (reserved)
>>> >> > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fed1c000 - 00000000fed90000 (reserved)
>>> >> > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
>>> >> > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000ff000000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
>>> >> > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 0000000140000000 (usable)
>>> >> >
>>> >> > into this:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > reg00: base=0xc0000000 (3072MB), size=1024MB: uncachable, count=1
>>> >> > reg01: base=0x00000000 ( 0MB), size=4096MB: write-back, count=1
>>> >> > reg02: base=0x100000000 (4096MB), size=1024MB: write-back, count=1
>>> >> > reg03: base=0xbf700000 (3063MB), size= 1MB: uncachable, count=1
>>> >> > reg04: base=0xbf800000 (3064MB), size= 8MB: uncachable, count=1
>>> >> >
>>> >> > which screws up the X server's attempt to map the video memory at
>>> >> > 0xd0000000.
>>> >>
>>> >> I see that on my box with ASUS P5E-VM DO and 4G RAM.
>>> >> It has an Q35 intel chipset and the intel card is set to use 256MB in BIOS.
>>> >>
>>> >> I tested 2.6.{24*,25,25-next,25-latest-git} 32/64 bit.
>>> >>
>>> >> Also I get the mtrr type mismatch message on 32 and 64 bit kernels.
>>> >>
>>> >> ...
>>> >>
>>> >> [ 0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
>>> >> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009ec00 (usable)
>>> >> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009ec00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
>>> >> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000e4000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
>>> >> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000cf550000 (usable)
>>> >> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000cf550000 - 00000000cf55e000 (ACPI data)
>>> >> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000cf55e000 - 00000000cf5e0000 (ACPI NVS)
>>> >> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000cf5e0000 - 00000000cf600000 (reserved)
>>> >>
>>> >> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
>>> >> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000ffc00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
>>> >> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 000000012c000000 (usable)
>>> >> ...
>>> >>
>>> >> cat /proc/mtrr :
>>> >>
>>> >> reg00: base=0xd0000000 (3328MB), size= 256MB: uncachable, count=1
>>> >> reg01: base=0xe0000000 (3584MB), size= 512MB: uncachable, count=1
>>> >> reg02: base=0x00000000 ( 0MB), size=4096MB: write-back, count=1
>>> >> reg03: base=0x100000000 (4096MB), size= 512MB: write-back, count=1
>>> >> reg04: base=0x120000000 (4608MB), size= 128MB: write-back, count=1
>>> >> reg05: base=0x128000000 (4736MB), size= 64MB: write-back, count=1
>>> >> reg06: base=0xcf600000 (3318MB), size= 2MB: uncachable, count=1
>>> >
>>> > please try the patch at
>>> >
>>> > http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/28/52
>>> >
>>> > with mtrr_chunk_size=1g
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> With mtrr_chunk_size=1g my box won't boot :( ( just tested 64bit kernel ).
>>>
>>> It does without but I get a warning:
>>>
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> [ 0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
>>> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009cc00 (usable)
>>> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009cc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
>>>
>>> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000e4000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
>>> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000cf550000 (usable)
>>> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000cf550000 - 00000000cf55e000 (ACPI data)
>>> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000cf55e000 - 00000000cf5e0000 (ACPI NVS)
>>> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000cf5e0000 - 00000000cf600000 (reserved)
>>> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
>>> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000ffc00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
>>> [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 000000012c000000 (usable)
>>> [ 0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 156) 0 entries of 256 used
>>> [ 0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 256, 849232) 1 entries of 256 used
>>> [ 0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 1048576, 1228800) 2 entries of 256 used
>>> [ 0.000000] max_pfn_mapped = 1228800
>>> [ 0.000000] x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
>>> [ 0.000000] After WB checking
>>> [ 0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000100000
>>> [ 0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000100000 - 0000000000120000
>>> [ 0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000120000 - 0000000000128000
>>> [ 0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000128000 - 000000000012c000
>>> [ 0.000000] After UC checking
>>> [ 0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000cf600
>>> [ 0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000100001 - 0000000000120000
>>> [ 0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000120000 - 0000000000128000
>>> [ 0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000128000 - 000000000012c000
>>> [ 0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 00000000000cf801 - 00000000000d0000
>>> [ 0.000000] After sorting
>>> [ 0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000cf600
>>> [ 0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 00000000000cf801 - 00000000000d0000
>>> [ 0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000100001 - 0000000000120000
>>> [ 0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000120000 - 0000000000128000
>>> [ 0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000128000 - 000000000012c000
>>> [ 0.000000] rangeX: 0000000000000000 - 00000000d0000000
>>> [ 0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 0, base: 0MB, range: 2048MB, type WB
>>> [ 0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 1, base: 2048MB, range: 1024MB, type WB
>>> [ 0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 2, base: 3072MB, range: 256MB, type WB
>>> [ 0.000000] range0: 00000000cf801000 - 00000000cf801000
>>> [ 0.000000] range: 00000000cf801000 - 00000000d0000000
>>> [ 0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 3, base: 3320MB, range: 0MB, type WB
>>> [ 0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 4, base: 3320MB, range: 0MB, type WB
>>> [ 0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 5, base: 3320MB, range: 0MB, type WB
>>> [ 0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 6, base: 3320MB, range: 0MB, type WB
>>> [ 0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 7, base: 3320MB, range: 0MB, type WB
>>> [ 0.000000] range0: 0000000100001000 - 0000000110001000
>>> [ 0.000000] range: 0000000110001000 - 0000000120001000
>>> [ 0.000000] hole: 0000000120000000 - 0000000120001000
>>> [ 0.000000] DONE variable MTRRs
>>> [ 0.000000] x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7010600070106, new 0x7010600070106
>>> [ 0.000000] WARNING: BIOS bug: CPU MTRRs don't cover all of memory, losing 1472MB of RAM.
>>> [ 0.000000] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>>> [ 0.000000] WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c:1049 mtrr_trim_uncached_memory+0x154/0x18d()
>>>
>>> [ 0.000000] Modules linked in:
>>> [ 0.000000] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.25-05561-g064922a-dirty #797
>>> [ 0.000000]
>>> [ 0.000000] Call Trace:
>>> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff802374f4>] warn_on_slowpath+0x64/0xb0
>>> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8074ac5b>] mtrr_trim_uncached_memory+0x154/0x18d
>>> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80747a08>] setup_arch+0x356/0x599
>>> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80740b6f>] start_kernel+0x5c/0x3b9
>>> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff80740425>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x225/0x270
>>>
>>> [ 0.000000]
>>> [ 0.000000] ---[ end trace ca143223eefdc828 ]---
>>> [ 0.000000] update e820 for mtrr
>>> [ 0.000000] modified physical RAM map:
>>> [ 0.000000] modified: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009cc00 (usable)
>>> [ 0.000000] modified: 000000000009cc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
>>> [ 0.000000] modified: 00000000000e4000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
>>> [ 0.000000] modified: 0000000000100000 - 00000000cf550000 (usable)
>>> [ 0.000000] modified: 00000000cf550000 - 00000000cf55e000 (ACPI data)
>>> [ 0.000000] modified: 00000000cf55e000 - 00000000cf5e0000 (ACPI NVS)
>>> [ 0.000000] modified: 00000000cf5e0000 - 00000000cf600000 (reserved)
>>> [ 0.000000] modified: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
>>> [ 0.000000] modified: 00000000ffc00000 - 000000012c000000 (reserved)
>>> [ 0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 156) 3 entries of 256 used
>>> [ 0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 256, 849232) 3 entries of 256 used
>>> [ 0.000000] max_pfn_mapped = 1228800
>>> [ 0.000000] init_memory_mapping
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> --($:~)-- cat /proc/mtrr
>>>
>>> reg00: base=0x00000000 ( 0MB), size=2048MB: write-back, count=1
>>> reg01: base=0x80000000 (2048MB), size=1024MB: write-back, count=1
>>> reg02: base=0xc0000000 (3072MB), size= 256MB: write-back, count=1
>>> reg03: base=0xcf801000 (3320MB), size= 4KB: write-back, count=1
>>> reg04: base=0xcf802000 (3320MB), size= 8KB: write-back, count=1
>>> reg05: base=0xcf804000 (3320MB), size= 16KB: write-back, count=1
>>> reg06: base=0xcf808000 (3320MB), size= 32KB: write-back, count=1
>>> reg07: base=0xcf810000 (3320MB), size= 64KB: write-back, count=1
>>>
>>> --($:~)-- uname -a
>>> Linux thor 2.6.25-05561-g064922a-dirty #797 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 28 10:30:06 CEST 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> Full dmesg can be found there :
>>>
>>>
>>> http://frugalware.org/~crazy/mtrr/mtrr_dmesg
>> please try v2 version
>>
>> http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/28/115
>
> Box still won't boot with mtrr_chunk_size=1g but without it is perfect :)) Thx for your work.
> I've quick tested some games and 3d things , all are working with this patch really nice.
>
> Full dmesg :
>
> http://frugalware.org/~crazy/mtrr/mtrr2_dmesg
>
>
> --($:~)-- cat /proc/mtrr
> reg00: base=0x00000000 ( 0MB), size=2048MB: write-back, count=1
> reg01: base=0x80000000 (2048MB), size=1024MB: write-back, count=1
> reg02: base=0xc0000000 (3072MB), size= 256MB: write-back, count=1
> reg03: base=0xcf800000 (3320MB), size= 8MB: write-back, count=1
> reg04: base=0x100000000 (4096MB), size= 512MB: write-back, count=1
> reg05: base=0x120000000 (4608MB), size= 256MB: write-back, count=1
> reg06: base=0x12c000000 (4800MB), size= 64MB: uncachable, count=1
> reg07: base=0xd0000000 (3328MB), size= 256MB: write-combining, count=1
>
>
> If you wish I can test 32bit too a bit later , just let me know.
BTW I just saw , there is this warning now :
[ 0.305539] mtrr: your CPUs had inconsistent variable MTRR settings
[ 0.305546] mtrr: probably your BIOS does not setup all CPUs.
[ 0.305553] mtrr: corrected configuration.
but everything seems to work fine.
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