linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: mm: Add missing comments for initial kernel direct mapping

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Date:	Thu, 09 May 2013 23:57:42 +0800
From:	Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86: mm: Add missing comments for initial kernel direct mapping

From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com>

For some reason, comments below are lost:
  - comments for init_range_memory_mapping()
  - comments in init_mem_mapping that is helpful for reminding people
    that the pagetable is setup top-down

The comments were written by Yinghai in his patch in
https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/11/28/620

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>
---
 arch/x86/mm/init.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
index fdc5dca..fed9993 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -359,7 +359,17 @@ unsigned long __init_refok init_memory_mapping(unsigned long start,
 }
 
 /*
- * would have hole in the middle or ends, and only ram parts will be mapped.
+ * We need to iterate through E820 memory map and create direct mappings
+ * for only E820_RAM and E820_KERN_RESERVED regions. We cannot simply
+ * create direct mappings for all pfns from [0 to max_low_pfn) and
+ * [4GB to max_pfn) because of possible memory holes in high addresses
+ * that cannot be marked as UC by fixed/variable range MTRRs.
+ * Depending on the alignment of E820 ranges, this may possibly result
+ * in using smaller size (i.e. 4K instead of 2M or 1G) page tables.
+ *
+ * init_mem_mapping call init_range_memory_mapping with big range.
+ * That range would have hole in the middle or ends, and only ram parts
+ * will be mapped in init_range_memory_mapping.
  */
 static unsigned long __init init_range_memory_mapping(
 					   unsigned long r_start,
@@ -419,6 +429,13 @@ void __init init_mem_mapping(void)
 	max_pfn_mapped = 0; /* will get exact value next */
 	min_pfn_mapped = real_end >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	last_start = start = real_end;
+
+	/*
+	 * We start from the top (end of memory) and go to the bottom.
+	 * The memblock_find_in_range gets us a block of RAM from the
+	 * end of RAM in [min_pfn_mapped, max_pfn_mapped) as new pages
+	 * for page table.
+	 */
 	while (last_start > ISA_END_ADDRESS) {
 		if (last_start > step_size) {
 			start = round_down(last_start - 1, step_size);
-- 
1.8.1.2
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