linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] x86: mtrr_cleanup: first 1M should be coverred in var mtrrs

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Message-Id: <1223157033-30217-2-git-send-email-yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat,  4 Oct 2008 14:50:32 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] x86: mtrr_cleanup: first 1M should be coverred in var mtrrs

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c |    9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
@@ -1292,6 +1292,15 @@ static int __init mtrr_cleanup(unsigned
 			(mtrr_tom2 >> PAGE_SHIFT) - extra_remove_base;
 	nr_range = x86_get_mtrr_mem_range(range, 0, extra_remove_base,
 					  extra_remove_size);
+	/*
+	 * [0, 1M) should always be coverred by var mtrr with WB
+	 * and fixed mtrrs should take effective before var mtrr for it
+	 */
+	nr_range = add_range_with_merge(range, nr_range, 0,
+					(1ULL<<(20 - PAGE_SHIFT)) - 1);
+	/* sort the ranges */
+	sort(range, nr_range, sizeof(struct res_range), cmp_range, NULL);
+
 	range_sums = sum_ranges(range, nr_range);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "total RAM coverred: %ldM\n",
 	       range_sums >> (20 - PAGE_SHIFT));
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