From: Martin Hicks <mort@sgi.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: efi_memmapwalk re-write (please test)
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:26:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050908152630.GC13449@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200509062048.j86KmBPD004877@agluck-lia64.sc.intel.com>
On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 12:33:24PM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote:
>
> >So its really close on sn2. I'm not sure exactly what's going wrong,
> >but with the new efi_memmap_walk stuff something is getting clobbered, I think.
>
> Martin,
>
> Thanks for taking a look at this.
>
Hi Tony,
Here's an update that is applied on top of your last patch that makes
this boot on sn2 again. I also tested a zx1-based rx2600 machine.
I basically switched to doing all the page alignment right inside the
algorithm.
mh
--
Martin Hicks || Silicon Graphics Inc. || mort@sgi.com
Index: linux-2.6.13/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
=================================--- linux-2.6.13.orig/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c 2005-09-08 07:48:06.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.13/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c 2005-09-08 08:02:32.000000000 -0700
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ walk (efi_freemem_callback_t callback, v
if (k->attribute != attr)
continue;
start = (attr = EFI_MEMORY_WB) ? PAGE_OFFSET : __IA64_UNCACHED_OFFSET;
- start += PAGE_ALIGN(k->start);
- end = (start + (k->num_pages << EFI_PAGE_SHIFT)) & PAGE_MASK;
+ start += k->start;
+ end = start + (k->num_pages << EFI_PAGE_SHIFT);
if (start < end)
if ((*callback)(start, end, arg) < 0)
return;
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ efi_uart_console_only(void)
static inline u64
kmd_end(kern_memdesc_t *kmd)
{
- return (kmd->start + (kmd->num_pages << EFI_PAGE_SHIFT));
+ return kmd->start + efi_md_size(kmd);
}
static inline u64
@@ -831,7 +831,8 @@ efi_memmap_init(unsigned long *s, unsign
for (p = efi_map_start; p < efi_map_end; pmd = md, p += efi_desc_size) {
md = p;
if (!efi_wb(md)) {
- if (efi_uc(md) && md->type = EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY) {
+ if (efi_uc(md) && (md->type = EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY ||
+ md->type = EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA)) {
k->attribute = EFI_MEMORY_UC;
k->start = md->phys_addr;
k->num_pages = md->num_pages;
@@ -909,13 +910,27 @@ efi_memmap_init(unsigned long *s, unsign
prev->num_pages += (ae - as) >> EFI_PAGE_SHIFT;
total_mem += ae - as;
continue;
+ } else if (prev) {
+ /*
+ * Page align the end of the previous descriptor now
+ * that we know no merging can be done.
+ */
+ prev->num_pages = (efi_md_size(prev) & PAGE_MASK) >> EFI_PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+ /* Reuse negative- or zero-sized descriptors. */
+ if (kmd_end(prev) <= prev->start)
+ k--;
}
k->attribute = EFI_MEMORY_WB;
- k->start = as;
- k->num_pages = (ae - as) >> EFI_PAGE_SHIFT;
- total_mem += ae - as;
+ k->start = PAGE_ALIGN(as);
+ k->num_pages = (ae - k->start) >> EFI_PAGE_SHIFT;
+ total_mem += ae - k->start;
prev = k++;
}
+
+ /* Get rid of the final descriptor if it is negative- or zero-sized. */
+ if (kmd_end(prev) <= prev->start)
+ k--;
k->start = ~0L; /* end-marker */
/* reserve the memory we are using for kern_memmap */
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-08 15:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-06 20:48 efi_memmapwalk re-write (please test) Luck, Tony
2005-09-07 19:16 ` Martin Hicks
2005-09-07 19:17 ` Martin Hicks
2005-09-07 19:33 ` Luck, Tony
2005-09-08 15:26 ` Martin Hicks [this message]
2005-09-08 18:05 ` Luck, Tony
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