linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 9/9] x86: allocate space within a region top-down

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Date:	Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:41:54 -0600
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
To:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Cc:	Bob Picco <bpicco@...hat.com>,
	Brian Bloniarz <phunge0@...mail.com>,
	Charles Butterfield <charles.butterfield@...tcentury.com>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@....utfsm.cl>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stefan Becker <chemobejk@...il.com>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Fabrice Bellet <fabrice@...let.info>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Leann Ogasawara <leann.ogasawara@...onical.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v5 9/9] x86: allocate space within a region top-down


Request that allocate_resource() use available space from high addresses
first, rather than the default of using low addresses first.

The most common place this makes a difference is when we move or assign
new PCI device resources.  Low addresses are generally scarce, so it's
better to use high addresses when possible.  This follows Windows practice
for PCI allocation.

Reference: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16228#c42
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
---

 arch/x86/kernel/setup.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 85268f8..21c6746 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	x86_init.oem.arch_setup();
 
+	resource_alloc_from_bottom = 0;
 	iomem_resource.end = (1ULL << boot_cpu_data.x86_phys_bits) - 1;
 	setup_memory_map();
 	parse_setup_data();

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