linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] x86: reserve range near the ram

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Message-ID: <4A01A784.2050407@kernel.org>
Date:	Wed, 06 May 2009 08:06:44 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@...el.com>,
	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, yannick.roehlly@...e.fr
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] x86: reserve range near the ram

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>


The point is to take all RAM resources we have, and 
_after_ we've added all the resources we've seen in the E820 tree, we then 
_also_ try to add fake reserved entries for any "round up to X" at the end 
of the RAM resources.

[ Impact: protect stolen RAM ]

Acked-by: Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/e820.c |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)

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
@@ -1370,6 +1370,23 @@ void __init e820_reserve_resources(void)
 	}
 }
 
+/* How much should we pad RAM ending depending on where it is? */
+static unsigned long ram_alignment(resource_size_t pos)
+{
+	unsigned long mb = pos >> 20;
+
+	/* To 64kB in the first megabyte */
+	if (!mb)
+		return 64*1024;
+
+	/* To 1MB in the first 16MB */
+	if (mb < 16)
+		return 1024*1024;
+
+	/* To 32MB for anything above that */
+	return 32*1024*1024;
+}
+
 void __init e820_reserve_resources_late(void)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -1381,6 +1398,24 @@ void __init e820_reserve_resources_late(
 			insert_resource_expand_to_fit(&iomem_resource, res);
 		res++;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Try to bump up RAM regions to reasonable boundaries to
+	 * avoid stolen RAM
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < e820.nr_map; i++) {
+		struct e820entry *entry = &e820_saved.map[i];
+		resource_size_t start, end;
+
+		if (entry->type != E820_RAM)
+			continue;
+		start = entry->addr + entry->size;
+		end = round_up(start, ram_alignment(start));
+		if (start == end)
+			continue;
+		reserve_region_with_split(&iomem_resource, start,
+						  end - 1, "RAM buffer");
+	}
 }
 
 char *__init default_machine_specific_memory_setup(void)
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