linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv5 05/12] efi/x86: Implement support for unaccepted memory

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Date:   Mon, 2 May 2022 16:40:31 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
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        Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 05/12] efi/x86: Implement support for unaccepted memory

On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 12:53:30PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > +	/*
> > +	 * If unaccepted memory is present allocate a bitmap to track what
> > +	 * memory has to be accepted before access.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * One bit in the bitmap represents 2MiB in the address space:
> > +	 * A 4k bitmap can track 64GiB of physical address space.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * In the worst case scenario -- a huge hole in the middle of the
> > +	 * address space -- It needs 256MiB to handle 4PiB of the address
> > +	 * space.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * TODO: handle situation if params->unaccepted_memory has already set.
> 
> "... is already set."
> 
> And when is that TODO taken care of? Later patch or patchset?

No, not yet. kexec is not a priority at the moment. It will come later.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov