linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 02/23] mm/memblock: debug: don't free reserved array if !ARCH_DISCARD

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Date:	Mon, 2 Dec 2013 21:27:17 -0500
From:	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 02/23] mm/memblock: debug: don't free reserved array if !ARCH_DISCARD_MEMBLOCK

From: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>

Now the Nobootmem allocator will always try to free memory allocated for
reserved memory regions (free_low_memory_core_early()) without taking
into to account current memblock debugging configuration
(CONFIG_ARCH_DISCARD_MEMBLOCK and CONFIG_DEBUG_FS state).
As result if:
 - CONFIG_DEBUG_FS defined
 - CONFIG_ARCH_DISCARD_MEMBLOCK not defined;
-  reserved memory regions array have been resized during boot

then:
- memory allocated for reserved memory regions array will be freed to
buddy allocator;
- debug_fs entry "sys/kernel/debug/memblock/reserved" will show garbage
instead of state of memory reservations. like:
   0: 0x98393bc0..0x9a393bbf
   1: 0xff120000..0xff11ffff
   2: 0x00000000..0xffffffff

Hence, do not free memory allocated for reserved memory regions if
defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) && !defined(CONFIG_ARCH_DISCARD_MEMBLOCK).

Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>
---
 mm/memblock.c |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index aab5669..53da534 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -265,6 +265,19 @@ phys_addr_t __init_memblock get_allocated_memblock_reserved_regions_info(
 	if (memblock.reserved.regions == memblock_reserved_init_regions)
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Don't allow Nobootmem allocator to free reserved memory regions
+	 * array if
+	 *  - CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is enabled;
+	 *  - CONFIG_ARCH_DISCARD_MEMBLOCK is not enabled;
+	 *  - reserved memory regions array have been resized during boot.
+	 * Otherwise debug_fs entry "sys/kernel/debug/memblock/reserved"
+	 * will show garbage instead of state of memory reservations.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) &&
+	    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_DISCARD_MEMBLOCK))
+		return 0;
+
 	*addr = __pa(memblock.reserved.regions);
 
 	return PAGE_ALIGN(sizeof(struct memblock_region) *
-- 
1.7.9.5

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