linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86 boot: add E820_RESVD

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Message-ID: <86802c440806262236kef3364flcb42691332b1b4a1@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:36:48 -0700
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, andi@...stfloor.org,
	mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86 boot: add E820_RESVD_KERN

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Huang, Ying <ying.huang@...el.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 19:52 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Huang, Ying <ying.huang@...el.com> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 19:22 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> >> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 2:47 AM, Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com> wrote:
>> >> > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:48 AM, Huang, Ying <ying.huang@...el.com> wrote:
>> >> >> On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 00:25 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> >> >> [...]
>> >> >>> >                if (pfn >= limit_pfn)
>> >> >>> > @@ -977,7 +978,7 @@ u64 __init early_reserve_e820(u64 startt
>> >> >>> >                return 0;
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> >        addr = round_down(start + size - sizet, align);
>> >> >>> > -       e820_update_range(addr, sizet, E820_RAM, E820_RESERVED);
>> >> >>> > +       e820_update_range(addr, sizet, E820_RAM, E820_RESVD_KERN);
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> this line is not needed.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Why? Memory reserved by early_rserved_e820 should not be saved during
>> >> >> hibernation? shoudl not be saved by kdump?
>> >> >>
>> >
>> > Can you tell me why this line is not needed?
>>
>> that function only have one user. the mpc reserve_new, so we want it
>> to be E820_RESERVED, and kexec  tools could have that range reserved,
>> the next kernel will not overwrite the updated mptable.
>
> This is OK for kexec. Does it need to be saved by kdump? Does it need to
> be saved by hibernation (suspend to disk)?

the function is only called when alloc_mptable is specified in command line.

YH
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