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Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, mingo@redhat.com,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
	hpa@linux.intel.com
Subject: [tip:x86/bios] x86, bios: Make the x86 early memory reservation a kernel option
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:12:46 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-9ea77bdb39b62c9bf9fd3cdd1c25a9420bccd380@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tip-d0cd7425fab774a480cce17c2f649984312d0b55@git.kernel.org>

Commit-ID:  9ea77bdb39b62c9bf9fd3cdd1c25a9420bccd380
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/9ea77bdb39b62c9bf9fd3cdd1c25a9420bccd380
Author:     H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:38:20 -0700
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:10:49 -0700

x86, bios: Make the x86 early memory reservation a kernel option

Add a kernel command-line option so the x86 early memory reservation
size can be adjusted at runtime instead of only at compile time.

Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
LKML-Reference: <tip-d0cd7425fab774a480cce17c2f649984312d0b55@git.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    5 +++++
 arch/x86/Kconfig                    |    2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/setup.c             |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2c85c06..41ce93e 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2150,6 +2150,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
 			address space.
 
+	reservelow=	[X86]
+			Format: nn[K]
+			Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
+			the bottom of the address space.
+
 	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
 			during initialization.
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 683ae8f..d359000 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ config X86_BOOTPARAM_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_CHECK
 	  Set whether the default state of memory_corruption_check is
 	  on or off.
 
-config X86_LOW_RESERVE
+config X86_RESERVE_LOW
 	int "Amount of low memory, in kilobytes, to reserve for the BIOS"
 	default 64
 	range 4 640
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index eb87f1c..af277e3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -618,6 +618,8 @@ static __init void reserve_ibft_region(void)
 		reserve_early_overlap_ok(addr, addr + size, "ibft");
 }
 
+static unsigned reserve_low = CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW << 10;
+
 static void __init trim_bios_range(void)
 {
 	/*
@@ -627,9 +629,9 @@ static void __init trim_bios_range(void)
 	 *
 	 * This typically reserves additional memory (64KiB by default)
 	 * since some BIOSes are known to corrupt low memory.  See the
-	 * Kconfig help text for X86_LOW_RESERVE.
+	 * Kconfig help text for X86_RESERVE_LOW.
 	 */
-	e820_update_range(0, ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_LOW_RESERVE << 10, PAGE_SIZE),
+	e820_update_range(0, ALIGN(reserve_low, PAGE_SIZE),
 			  E820_RAM, E820_RESERVED);
 
 	/*
@@ -641,6 +643,28 @@ static void __init trim_bios_range(void)
 	sanitize_e820_map(e820.map, ARRAY_SIZE(e820.map), &e820.nr_map);
 }
 
+static int __init parse_reservelow(char *p)
+{
+	unsigned long long size;
+
+	if (!p)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	size = memparse(p, &p);
+
+	if (size < 4096)
+		size = 4096;
+
+	if (size > 640*1024)
+		size = 640*1024;
+
+	reserve_low = size;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+early_param("reservelow", parse_reservelow);
+
 /*
  * Determine if we were loaded by an EFI loader.  If so, then we have also been
  * passed the efi memmap, systab, etc., so we should use these data structures

  reply	other threads:[~2010-08-26  0:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2009-12-12  0:16 ` [tip:x86/urgent] nvram: Fix write beyond end condition; prove to gcc copy is safe tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2009-12-15 23:18 ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86, msr/cpuid: Register enough minors for the MSR and CPUID drivers tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2010-02-19  6:21 ` [tip:x86/setup] x86-64, setup: Inhibit decompressor output if video info is invalid tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2010-02-19 21:41 ` [tip:x86/setup] x86, setup: Don't skip mode setting for the standard VGA modes tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2010-06-10  0:10 ` [tip:x86/alternatives] x86, alternatives: Use 16-bit numbers for cpufeature index tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2010-06-11 18:24   ` tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2010-06-25  9:20   ` Lai Jiangshan
2010-06-25 15:35     ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-06-28  7:58       ` Lai Jiangshan
2010-06-28 18:58         ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-06-28 19:06         ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-06-29  4:58           ` Lai Jiangshan
2010-06-29  7:07     ` [tip:x86/alternatives] x86, alternatives: correct obsolete use of "u8" in static_cpu_has() tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2010-06-29  7:06   ` [tip:x86/alternatives] x86, alternatives: Use 16-bit numbers for cpufeature index tip-bot for tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2010-06-29  9:15     ` Ingo Molnar
2010-06-29 15:33       ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-07-07 17:45   ` tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2010-07-20  2:06 ` [tip:x86/cpu] x86, cpu: Clean up formatting in cpufeature.h, remove override tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2010-07-20  2:06 ` [tip:x86/cpu] x86, cpu: Split addon_cpuid_features.c tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2010-08-12  6:12 ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86, asm: Refactor atomic64_386_32.S to support old binutils and be cleaner tip-bot for Luca Barbieri
2010-08-12 12:15   ` Luca Barbieri
2010-08-12 14:05     ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-08-12 15:18       ` Luca Barbieri
2010-08-12 15:33   ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86, asm: Use a lower case name for the end macro in atomic64_386_32.S tip-bot for Luca Barbieri
2010-08-19 19:06   ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86, asm: Refactor atomic64_386_32.S to support old binutils and be cleaner D. Stussy
2010-08-19 21:23     ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-08-20  8:21       ` Ingo Molnar
2010-08-25  0:37 ` [tip:x86/bios] x86, bios: By default, reserve the low 64K for all BIOSes tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2010-08-26  0:12   ` tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2010-09-17 23:46 ` [tip:x86/idle] x86, mwait: Move mwait constants to a common header file tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin

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