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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
	Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 08/32] x86/boot/e820: Print E820_TYPE_RAM entries as ... RAM entries
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 14:05:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250515120549.2820541-9-mingo@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250515120549.2820541-1-mingo@kernel.org>

So it is a bit weird that the actual RAM entries of the E820 table
are not actually called RAM, but 'usable':

	BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000100000-0x000000007ffdbfff]    1.9 GB usable

'usable' is pretty passive-aggressive in that context and ambiguous,
most E820 entries denote 'usable' address ranges - reserved ranges
may be used by devices, or the platform.

Clarify and disambiguate this by making the boot log entry
explicitly say 'System RAM', like in /proc/iomem:

	BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000100000-0x000000007ffdbfff]    1.9 GB System RAM

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index 7f600d32a999..0a324d0db60e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ void __init e820__range_add(u64 start, u64 size, enum e820_type type)
 static void __init e820_print_type(enum e820_type type)
 {
 	switch (type) {
-	case E820_TYPE_RAM:		pr_cont(" usable");			break;
+	case E820_TYPE_RAM:		pr_cont(" System RAM");			break;
 	case E820_TYPE_RESERVED:	pr_cont(" reserved");			break;
 	case E820_TYPE_SOFT_RESERVED:	pr_cont(" soft reserved");		break;
 	case E820_TYPE_ACPI:		pr_cont(" ACPI data");			break;
-- 
2.45.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-05-15 12:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-05-15 12:05 [PATCH -v2 00/32] x86/boot/e820: Assorted E820 table handling features and cleanups Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 01/32] x86/boot/e820: Remove inverted boolean logic from the e820_nomerge() function name, rename it to e820_type_mergeable() Ingo Molnar
2025-06-02 11:21   ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 02/32] x86/boot/e820: Simplify e820__print_table() a bit Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 03/32] x86/boot/e820: Simplify the PPro Erratum #50 workaround Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 04/32] x86/boot/e820: Mark e820__print_table() static Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 05/32] x86/boot/e820: Print gaps in the E820 table Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 06/32] x86/boot/e820: Make the field separator space character part of e820_print_type() Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 07/32] x86/boot/e820: Print out sizes of E820 memory ranges Ingo Molnar
2025-05-19 12:26   ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-05-31 18:21     ` Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] x86/boot/e820: Print E820_TYPE_RAM entries as ... RAM entries tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 09/32] x86/boot/e820: Call the PCI gap a 'gap' in the boot log printout Ingo Molnar
2025-05-19 12:27   ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-05-31 18:09     ` Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 10/32] x86/boot/e820: Use 'u64' consistently instead of 'unsigned long long' Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 11/32] x86/boot/e820: Remove pointless early_panic() indirection Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 12/32] x86/boot/e820: Clean up confusing and self-contradictory verbiage around E820 related resource allocations Ingo Molnar
2025-06-02 11:45   ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-12-14  8:26     ` [PATCH 33/32] x86/boot/e820: Use <linux/sizes.h> symbols for literals Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37     ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] x86/boot/e820: Clean up confusing and self-contradictory verbiage around E820 related resource allocations tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 13/32] x86/boot/e820: Improve e820_print_type() messages Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 14/32] x86/boot/e820: Clean up __e820__range_add() a bit Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 15/32] x86/boot/e820: Clean up __refdata use " Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 16/32] x86/boot/e820: Remove unnecessary header inclusions Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 17/32] x86/boot/e820: Standardize e820 table index variable names under 'idx' Ingo Molnar
2025-06-02 12:37   ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 18/32] x86/boot/e820: Standardize e820 table index variable types under 'u32' Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 19/32] x86/boot/e820: Change struct e820_table::nr_entries type from __u32 to u32 Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 20/32] x86/boot/e820: Clean up e820__setup_pci_gap()/e820_search_gap() a bit Ingo Molnar
2025-06-02 12:41   ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 21/32] x86/boot/e820: Change e820_search_gap() to search for the highest-address PCI gap Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 22/32] x86/boot/e820: Rename gap_start/gap_size to max_gap_start/max_gap_start in e820_search_gap() et al Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 23/32] x86/boot/e820: Simplify & clarify __e820__range_add() a bit Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 24/32] x86/boot/e820: Standardize __init/__initdata tag placement Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 25/32] x86/boot/e820: Simplify append_e820_table() and remove restriction on single-entry tables Ingo Molnar
2025-06-02 12:50   ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-06-02 12:57     ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 26/32] x86/boot/e820: Remove e820__range_remove()'s unused return parameter Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 27/32] x86/boot/e820: Simplify the e820__range_remove() API Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 28/32] x86/boot/e820: Make sure e820_search_gap() finds all gaps Ingo Molnar
2025-06-02 14:49   ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-12-14  8:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 29/32] x86/boot/e820: Introduce E820_TYPE_13 and treat it as a device region Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 30/32] x86/boot/e820: Change e820_type_to_string() to take a 'type' parameter Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 31/32] x86/boot/e820: Unify e820_print_type() and e820_type_to_string() Ingo Molnar
2025-05-15 12:05 ` [PATCH 32/32] x86/boot/e820: Move index increments outside accessors in e820__update_table() Ingo Molnar
2025-05-16 18:17   ` H. Peter Anvin
2025-05-17 13:13     ` Ingo Molnar
2025-06-02 14:57   ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-12-14  8:26     ` Ingo Molnar

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