linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: make sure wakeup code is below 1M -v2

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Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:36:17 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	pm list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: make sure wakeup code is below 1M -v2

On Tue 2009-11-10 18:27:23, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> 
> try to find_e820_area/reserve_early, and call acpi_reserve_memory early
> 
> to get area is below 1M

Does it fix anything? I can't tell from the changelog...

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

Please CC me on suspend patches.
>  /*
>   * Check if the CPU can handle C2 and deeper
> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
> @@ -119,29 +119,32 @@ void acpi_restore_state_mem(void)
>  
>  
>  /**
> - * acpi_reserve_bootmem - do _very_ early ACPI initialisation
> + * acpi_reserve_wakeup_memory - do _very_ early ACPI initialisation
>   *
>   * We allocate a page from the first 1MB of memory for the wakeup
>   * routine for when we come back from a sleep state. The
>   * runtime allocator allows specification of <16MB pages, but not
>   * <1MB pages.
>   */
> -void __init acpi_reserve_bootmem(void)
> +void __init acpi_reserve_wakeup_memory(void)
>  {
> +	unsigned long mem;
> +
>  	if ((&wakeup_code_end - &wakeup_code_start) > WAKEUP_SIZE) {
>  		printk(KERN_ERR
>  		       "ACPI: Wakeup code way too big, S3 disabled.\n");
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	acpi_realmode = (unsigned long)alloc_bootmem_low(WAKEUP_SIZE);
> +	mem = find_e820_area(0, 1<<20, WAKEUP_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
>  
> -	if (!acpi_realmode) {
> +	if (mem == -1L) {
>  		printk(KERN_ERR "ACPI: Cannot allocate lowmem, S3 disabled.\n");
>  		return;
>  	}

How is it better then old code?

									Pavel
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