linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] efi/arm64: fix fdt-related memory reservation

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Date:	Mon, 8 Sep 2014 15:28:31 +0100
From:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:	Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>
Cc:	Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@...aro.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	"matt.fleming@...el.com" <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi/arm64: fix fdt-related memory reservation

On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 03:21:05PM +0100, Mark Salter wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-09-08 at 15:06 +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > Hi Mark,
> > 
> > On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 02:31:42PM +0100, Mark Salter wrote:
> > > Commit 86c8b27a01cf:
> > >  "arm64: ignore DT memreserve entries when booting in UEFI mode
> > > 
> > > prevents early_init_fdt_scan_reserved_mem() from being called for
> > > arm64 kernels booting via UEFI. This was done because the kernel
> > > will use the UEFI memory map to determine reserved memory regions.
> > > That approach has problems in that early_init_fdt_scan_reserved_mem()
> > > also reserves the FDT itself and any node-specific reserved memory.
> > > By chance of some kernel configs, the FDT may be overwritten before
> > > it can be unflattened and the kernel will fail to boot. More subtle
> > > problems will result if the FDT has node specific reserved memory
> > > which is not really reserved.
> > 
> > That doesn't sound like fun; apologies for allowing such brokenness
> > through in the first place.
> 
> Heh. It was obvious that DT unflattening was broken, but bisecting
> didn't help much because I kept finding patches which when reverted
> made the problem go away even though they obviously weren't the
> cause.

Yeah, those types of bugs are never fun. I recall a similar situation
with the __INIT annotation in the versatile pen code. 

> > [...]
> > 
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * Delete all memory reserve map entries. When booting via UEFI,
> > > +	 * kernel will use the UEFI memory map to find reserved regions.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	num_rsv = fdt_num_mem_rsv(fdt);
> > > +	for (i = 0; i < num_rsv; i++)
> > > +		fdt_del_mem_rsv(fdt, i);
> > 
> > I don't think that's right. Won't the memreserve entries shift down by
> > one each time we call fdt_del_mem_rsv?
> > 
> > Shouldn't this be something like:
> > 
> > while (fdt_num_mem_rsv(fdt))
> > 	fdt_del_mem_rsv(fdt, 0);
> > 
> > Or we could count downwards.
> > 
> 
> Sigh. Yes, you are right. I only tested with one reserved region.
> I think counting down would be the way to go. I'll send a fixed
> patch shortly.

Ok, that sounds fine by me; make sure you add my ack :)

Thanks,
Mark.
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