From: "Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
To: "Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@elte.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
steve@lobefin.net, "Jesse Barnes" <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>,
"Andi Kleen" <ak@suse.de>
Cc: "Linux Kernel ML" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: trim mtrr don't close gap for resource allocation
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:38:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86802c440803161738v77c8e6a7s360cc8672ec17bb0@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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[PATCH] x86: trim mtrr don't close gap for resource allocation.
for
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10232
use update_memory_range instead of add_memory_range directly
to avoid closing that gap.
Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kenrel@gmail.com>
Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
@@ -711,7 +711,8 @@ int __init mtrr_trim_uncached_memory(uns
trim_size = end_pfn;
trim_size <<= PAGE_SHIFT;
trim_size -= trim_start;
- add_memory_region(trim_start, trim_size, E820_RESERVED);
+ update_memory_range(trim_start, trim_size, E820_RAM,
+ E820_RESERVED);
update_e820();
return 1;
}
Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/e820_32.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/e820_32.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/e820_32.c
@@ -736,6 +736,32 @@ static int __init parse_memmap(char *arg
return 0;
}
early_param("memmap", parse_memmap);
+void __init update_memory_range(u64 start, u64 size, unsigned old_type,
+ unsigned new_type)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ BUG_ON(old_type == new_type);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < e820.nr_map; i++) {
+ struct e820entry *ei = &e820.map[i];
+ u64 final_start, final_end;
+ if (ei->type != old_type)
+ continue;
+ /* totally covered? */
+ if (ei->addr >= start && ei->size <= size) {
+ ei->type = new_type;
+ continue;
+ }
+ /* partially covered */
+ final_start = max(start, ei->addr);
+ final_end = min(start + size, ei->addr + ei->size);
+ if (final_start >= final_end)
+ continue;
+ add_memory_region(final_start, final_end - final_start,
+ new_type);
+ }
+}
void __init update_e820(void)
{
u8 nr_map;
Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/e820_64.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/e820_64.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/e820_64.c
@@ -731,6 +731,33 @@ void __init finish_e820_parsing(void)
}
}
+void __init update_memory_range(u64 start, u64 size, unsigned old_type,
+ unsigned new_type)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ BUG_ON(old_type == new_type);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < e820.nr_map; i++) {
+ struct e820entry *ei = &e820.map[i];
+ u64 final_start, final_end;
+ if (ei->type != old_type)
+ continue;
+ /* totally covered? */
+ if (ei->addr >= start && ei->size <= size) {
+ ei->type = new_type;
+ continue;
+ }
+ /* partially covered */
+ final_start = max(start, ei->addr);
+ final_end = min(start + size, ei->addr + ei->size);
+ if (final_start >= final_end)
+ continue;
+ add_memory_region(final_start, final_end - final_start,
+ new_type);
+ }
+}
+
void __init update_e820(void)
{
u8 nr_map;
Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-x86/e820_32.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-x86/e820_32.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-x86/e820_32.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ extern void find_max_pfn(void);
extern void register_bootmem_low_pages(unsigned long max_low_pfn);
extern void add_memory_region(unsigned long long start,
unsigned long long size, int type);
+extern void update_memory_range(u64 start, u64 size, unsigned old_type,
+ unsigned new_type);
extern void e820_register_memory(void);
extern void limit_regions(unsigned long long size);
extern void print_memory_map(char *who);
Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-x86/e820_64.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-x86/e820_64.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-x86/e820_64.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ extern unsigned long find_e820_area(unsi
unsigned long size, unsigned long align);
extern void add_memory_region(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
int type);
+extern void update_memory_range(u64 start, u64 size, unsigned old_type,
+ unsigned new_type);
extern void setup_memory_region(void);
extern void contig_e820_setup(void);
extern unsigned long e820_end_of_ram(void);
next reply other threads:[~2008-03-17 0:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-17 0:38 Yinghai Lu [this message]
2008-03-17 16:35 ` Jesse Barnes
[not found] <200803181237.33861.yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
[not found] ` <200803181255.10402.yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
2008-03-18 23:44 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-03-21 10:44 ` Ingo Molnar
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