linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] efi: efi_mem_reserve(): don't reserve through memblock after mm

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Date:   Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:26:36 +0100
From:   Nicolai Stange <nicstange@...il.com>
To:     Mika Penttilä <mika.penttila@...tfour.com>
Cc:     Nicolai Stange <nicstange@...il.com>,
        Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
        <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] efi: efi_mem_reserve(): don't reserve through memblock after mm_init()

Mika Penttilä <mika.penttila@...tfour.com> writes:

> On 21.12.2016 20:28, Nicolai Stange wrote:
>>  /**
>>   * efi_mem_reserve - Reserve an EFI memory region
>> @@ -419,7 +422,7 @@ void __init __weak efi_arch_mem_reserve(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size) {}
>>   */
>>  void __init efi_mem_reserve(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size)
>>  {
>> -	if (!memblock_is_region_reserved(addr, size))
>> +	if (slab_is_available() && !memblock_is_region_reserved(addr, size))
>>  		memblock_reserve(addr, size);
> Maybe !slab_is_available() ?

You're right, thanks for catching this!

Fixed in v2 at http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161222102340.2689-2-nicstange@gmail.com

Thanks,

Nicolai