linux-kernel - Re: [tip: x86/urgent] x86/setup: Call early_reserve

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Date:   Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:33:06 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org,
        marmarek@...isiblethingslab.com, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [tip: x86/urgent] x86/setup: Call early_reserve_memory() earlier

On 20.09.21 13:25, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Mon, 2021-09-20 at 12:26 +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>>
>> Can't say anything caught my eye, except the early microcode update.
>> Just to rule that out, can you try booting without the early microcode
>> update?
> 
> Nogo.
> 
>> And, to check Juergen's suggestion about failure in
>> memblock_x86_reserve_range_setup_data(), can you try this patch on top of
>> the failing tip:
> 
> Yup, patchlet detoxified it for both boxen.

Yay!

Will respin my patch moving the call of early_reserve_memory() just
before the call of e820__memory_setup().

Thanks for reporting the issue and verifying my suspicion.


Juergen

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