linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] powerpc/mm/32: Remove the reserved memory hack

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Message-Id: <20180222121516.23415-6-j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>
Date:   Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:15:16 +0100
From:   Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@....net>
To:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>,
        Christophe LEROY <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@....net>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] powerpc/mm/32: Remove the reserved memory hack

This hack, introduced in commit c5df7f775148 ("powerpc: allow ioremap
within reserved memory regions") is now unnecessary.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@....net>
---
 arch/powerpc/mm/init_32.c    | 5 -----
 arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_decl.h   | 1 -
 arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c | 3 +--
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_32.c
index 6419b33ca309..326240177fa6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_32.c
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ void MMU_init(void);
 int __map_without_bats;
 int __map_without_ltlbs;
 
-/*
- * This tells the system to allow ioremapping memory marked as reserved.
- */
-int __allow_ioremap_reserved;
-
 /* max amount of low RAM to map in */
 unsigned long __max_low_memory = MAX_LOW_MEM;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_decl.h b/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_decl.h
index 57fbc554c785..c4c0a09a7775 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_decl.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_decl.h
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ extern void setbat(int index, unsigned long virt, phys_addr_t phys,
 		   unsigned int size, pgprot_t prot);
 
 extern int __map_without_bats;
-extern int __allow_ioremap_reserved;
 extern unsigned int rtas_data, rtas_size;
 
 struct hash_pte;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
index d54e1a9c1c99..a89eb3b898cd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ __ioremap_caller(phys_addr_t addr, unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
 	/*
 	 * Don't allow anybody to remap normal RAM that we're using.
 	 */
-	if (page_is_ram(__phys_to_pfn(p)) &&
-	    !(__allow_ioremap_reserved && memblock_is_region_reserved(p, size))) {
+	if (page_is_ram(__phys_to_pfn(p))) {
 		printk("__ioremap(): phys addr 0x%llx is RAM lr %ps\n",
 		       (unsigned long long)p, __builtin_return_address(0));
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.16.1