linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: make e820_update_range to handle small range update

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Message-ID: <49B9F0C1.10402@kernel.org>
Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:36:01 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	jbeulich@...ell.com,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: make e820_update_range to handle small range update


Impact: enhance to handle more case.

try to handle new range could be covered by one entry.

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/e820.c |   23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ static u64 __init __e820_update_range(st
 					u64 size, unsigned old_type,
 					unsigned new_type)
 {
+	u64 end;
 	unsigned int i;
 	u64 real_updated_size = 0;
 
@@ -435,21 +436,35 @@ static u64 __init __e820_update_range(st
 	if (size > (ULLONG_MAX - start))
 		size = ULLONG_MAX - start;
 
+	end = start + size;
 	for (i = 0; i < e820x->nr_map; i++) {
 		struct e820entry *ei = &e820x->map[i];
 		u64 final_start, final_end;
+		u64 ei_end;
+
 		if (ei->type != old_type)
 			continue;
-		/* totally covered? */
-		if (ei->addr >= start &&
-		    (ei->addr + ei->size) <= (start + size)) {
+
+		ei_end = ei->addr + ei->size;
+		/* totally covered by new range? */
+		if (ei->addr >= start && ei_end <= end) {
 			ei->type = new_type;
 			real_updated_size += ei->size;
 			continue;
 		}
+
+		/* new range is totally covered? */
+		if (ei->addr < start && ei_end > end) {
+			__e820_add_region(e820x, start, size, new_type);
+			__e820_add_region(e820x, end, ei_end - end, ei->type);
+			ei->size = start - ei->addr;
+			real_updated_size += size;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/* partially covered */
 		final_start = max(start, ei->addr);
-		final_end = min(start + size, ei->addr + ei->size);
+		final_end = min(end, ei_end);
 		if (final_start >= final_end)
 			continue;
 
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