linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv7 08/14] x86/mm: Reserve unaccepted memory bitmap

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Date:   Tue, 26 Jul 2022 11:07:14 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
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        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv7 08/14] x86/mm: Reserve unaccepted memory bitmap

On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 03:02:25PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
> index f267205f2d5a..22d1fe48dcba 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
> @@ -1316,6 +1316,16 @@ void __init e820__memblock_setup(void)
>  	int i;
>  	u64 end;
>  
> +	/* Mark unaccepted memory bitmap reserved */
> +	if (boot_params.unaccepted_memory) {
> +		unsigned long size;
> +
> +		/* One bit per 2MB */
> +		size = DIV_ROUND_UP(e820__end_of_ram_pfn() * PAGE_SIZE,
> +				    PMD_SIZE * BITS_PER_BYTE);
> +		memblock_reserve(boot_params.unaccepted_memory, size);
> +	}
> +

Hmm, I don't like how this is dropped right in the middle of a unrelated
function.

You're adding arch/x86/mm/unaccepted_memory.c later. Why don't you put
that chunk in a function there which is called by early_reserve_memory()
which does exactly what you want - reserve memory early, before memblock
allocations?

Hmm.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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