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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Sanity check the e820 against the SRAT table using e820 map only
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 11:36:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090511093612.GD26444@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A03E10C.60906@kernel.org>


* Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> wrote:

> -	e820ram = max_pfn - absent_pages_in_range(0, max_pfn);
> +	e820ram = max_pfn - (e820_hole_size(0, max_pfn<<PAGE_SHIFT)>>PAGE_SHIFT);

btw., it would be nice to have a debug check that prints a warning 
if the SRAT does not cover all RAM, or if it covers RAM that is not 
present in the e820 map. Such a warning might alert us to double 
check all the PXM settings in the SRAT and could uncover more quirks 
like the above ...

	Ingo

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-05-11  9:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-05-06 16:53 [PATCH] x86: fix nodes_cover_memory Yinghai Lu
2009-05-07 13:47 ` Mel Gorman
2009-05-07 14:21   ` Ingo Molnar
2009-05-07 14:47     ` Mel Gorman
2009-05-08  7:36     ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: Sanity check the e820 against the SRAT table using e820 map only Yinghai Lu
2009-05-08  7:37       ` [PATCH 2/2] x86: Allow 1MB of slack between the e820 map and SRAT, not 4GB Yinghai Lu
2009-05-11  9:54         ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2009-05-11  9:36       ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2009-05-11 15:51         ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: Sanity check the e820 against the SRAT table using e820 map only Yinghai Lu
2009-05-11  9:54       ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu

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