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Date:	Tue, 06 Oct 2015 13:16:52 -0400
From:	Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>
To:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:	"linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 2/3] arm64: support initrd outside kernel linear map

On Tue, 2015-10-06 at 18:11 +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2015 at 12:31:13PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > Hi Mark,
> > 
> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 06:01:06PM +0100, Mark Salter wrote:
> > > The use of mem= could leave part or all of the initrd outside of
> > > the kernel linear map. This will lead to an error when unpacking
> > > the initrd and a probable failure to boot. This patch catches that
> > > situation and relocates the initrd to be fully within the linear
> > > map.
> > 
> > With next-20150908, this patch results in a confusing message at boot when not
> > using an initrd:
> > 
> > Moving initrd from [4080000000-407fffffff] to [9fff49000-9fff48fff]
> > 
> > I think that can be solved by folding in the diff below.
> 
> Mark, it looks like this fell by the wayside.
> 
> Do you have any objection to this? I'll promote this to it's own patch
> if not.
> 
> Mark.
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Mark.
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> > index 6bab21f..2322479 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> > @@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ static void __init relocate_initrd(void)
> >                 to_free = ram_end - orig_start;
> >  
> >         size = orig_end - orig_start;
> > +       if (!size)
> > +               return;
> >  
> >         /* initrd needs to be relocated completely inside linear mapping */
> >         new_start = memblock_find_in_range(0, PFN_PHYS(max_pfn),

Sorry, no. That looks perfectly good to me.


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