linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] Limit E820 map when a user-defined memory map is specified

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Date:	Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:34:48 -0700
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"Bernhard Walle" <bwalle@...e.de>
Cc:	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, vgoyal@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Limit E820 map when a user-defined memory map is specified

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de> wrote:
> This patch brings back limiting of the E820 map when a user-defined
> E820 map is specified. While the behaviour of i386 (32 bit) was to limit
> the E820 map (and /proc/iomem), the behaviour of x86-64 (64 bit) was not to
> limit.

then if you kexec new kernel, the second kernel will be have that
limitation too.

any problem that you encountered without this patch?

YH

>
> That patch limits the E820 map again for both x86 architectures.
>
> Code was tested for compilation and booting on a 32 bit and 64 bit system.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/e820.c |   30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
> index f5b1736..2e7d385 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
> @@ -934,6 +934,33 @@ static void early_panic(char *msg)
>        panic(msg);
>  }
>
> +void __init e820_limit_regions(unsigned long long size)
> +{
> +       unsigned long long current_addr;
> +       int i;
> +
> +       for (i = 0; i < e820.nr_map; i++) {
> +               current_addr = e820.map[i].addr + e820.map[i].size;
> +               if (current_addr < size)
> +                       continue;
> +
> +               if (e820.map[i].type != E820_RAM)
> +                       continue;
> +
> +               if (e820.map[i].addr >= size) {
> +                       /*
> +                        * This region starts past the end of the
> +                        * requested size, skip it completely.
> +                        */
> +                       e820.nr_map = i;
> +               } else {
> +                       e820.nr_map = i + 1;
> +                       e820.map[i].size -= current_addr - size;
> +               }
> +               return;
> +       }
> +}
> +
>  /* "mem=nopentium" disables the 4MB page tables. */
>  static int __init parse_memopt(char *p)
>  {
> @@ -951,6 +978,8 @@ static int __init parse_memopt(char *p)
>
>        mem_size = memparse(p, &p);
>        end_user_pfn = mem_size>>PAGE_SHIFT;
> +       e820_limit_regions(mem_size);
> +
>        return 0;
>  }
>  early_param("mem", parse_memopt);
> @@ -995,6 +1024,7 @@ static int __init parse_memmap_opt(char *p)
>                e820_add_region(start_at, mem_size, E820_RESERVED);
>        } else {
>                end_user_pfn = (mem_size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +               e820_limit_regions(mem_size);
>        }
>        return *p == '\0' ? 0 : -EINVAL;
>  }
> --
> 1.5.4.5
>
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