Re: [PATCH][RFC] mm: Introduce kernelcore=reliable option

[Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@huawei.com>]

On 2015/10/9 18:36, Xishi Qiu wrote:

> On 2015/10/9 17:24, Kamezawa Hiroyuki wrote:
> 
>> On 2015/10/09 15:46, Xishi Qiu wrote:
>>> On 2015/10/9 22:56, Taku Izumi wrote:
>>>
>>>> Xeon E7 v3 based systems supports Address Range Mirroring
>>>> and UEFI BIOS complied with UEFI spec 2.5 can notify which
>>>> ranges are reliable (mirrored) via EFI memory map.
>>>> Now Linux kernel utilize its information and allocates
>>>> boot time memory from reliable region.
>>>>
>>>> My requirement is:
>>>>    - allocate kernel memory from reliable region
>>>>    - allocate user memory from non-reliable region
>>>>
>>>> In order to meet my requirement, ZONE_MOVABLE is useful.
>>>> By arranging non-reliable range into ZONE_MOVABLE,
>>>> reliable memory is only used for kernel allocations.
>>>>

Hi,

If we reuse the movable zone, we should set appropriate size of
mirrored memory region(normal zone) and non-mirrored memory
region(movable zone). In some cases, kernel will take more memory
than user, e.g. some apps run in kernel space, like module.

I think user can set the size in BIOS interface, right?

Thanks,
Xishi Qiu

 



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