Re: [PATCH 1/2] cleanup e820_setup_gap v2

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Thu Jun 26 2008 - 14:02:19 EST


On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Alok Kataria <akataria@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 09:08 -0700, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> * Alok Kataria <akataria@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > This is a preparatory patch for the next patch in series.
>> > Moves some code from e820_setup_gap to a new function e820_search_gap.
>> > This patch is a part of a bug fix where we walk the ACPI table to calculate
>> > a gap for PCI optional devices.
>> >
>> > v1->v2: Patch on top of tip/master.
>> > Fixes a bug introduced in the last patch about the typeof "last".
>> > Also the new function e820_search_gap now returns if we found a gap in
>> > e820_map.
>>
>> applied to tip/x86/setup-memory - thanks Alok.
>
> Hi Ingo,
>
> As mentioned in this mail,
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121441312409978&w=2
>
> I have also added a end_addr parameter to e820_search_gap to search only
> till the CRS objects end_addr instead of 2^32. In the normal case via
> e820_setup_gap we search till 2^32.
>
> Please apply this too.
> Patch on top of tip/master
> --
>
> e820_search_gap also take a end_addr parameter to limit search from
> start_addr to end_addr.
>
> Signed-off-by: AloK N Kataria <akataria@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>

>
> Index: linux-x86-tree.git/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-x86-tree.git.orig/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c 2008-06-25 10:05:21.000000000 -0700
> +++ linux-x86-tree.git/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c 2008-06-25 10:07:30.000000000 -0700
> @@ -486,17 +486,19 @@
> printk(KERN_INFO "modified physical RAM map:\n");
> e820_print_map("modified");
> }
> -
> +#define MAX_GAP_END 0x100000000ull
> /*
> - * Search for a gap in the e820 memory space from start_addr to 2^32.
> + * Search for a gap in the e820 memory space from start_addr to end_addr.
> */
> __init int e820_search_gap(unsigned long *gapstart, unsigned long *gapsize,
> - unsigned long start_addr)
> + unsigned long start_addr, unsigned long long end_addr)
> {
> - unsigned long long last = 0x100000000ull;
> + unsigned long long last;
> int i = e820.nr_map;
> int found = 0;
>
> + last = (end_addr && end_addr < MAX_GAP_END) ? end_addr : MAX_GAP_END;
> +
> while (--i >= 0) {
> unsigned long long start = e820.map[i].addr;
> unsigned long long end = start + e820.map[i].size;
> @@ -536,7 +538,7 @@
>
> gapstart = 0x10000000;
> gapsize = 0x400000;
> - found = e820_search_gap(&gapstart, &gapsize, 0);
> + found = e820_search_gap(&gapstart, &gapsize, 0, MAX_GAP_END);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> if (!found) {
> Index: linux-x86-tree.git/include/asm-x86/e820.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-x86-tree.git.orig/include/asm-x86/e820.h 2008-06-25 10:05:21.000000000 -0700
> +++ linux-x86-tree.git/include/asm-x86/e820.h 2008-06-25 10:06:17.000000000 -0700
> @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
> extern void update_e820(void);
> extern void e820_setup_gap(void);
> extern int e820_search_gap(unsigned long *gapstart, unsigned long *gapsize,
> - unsigned long start_addr);
> + unsigned long start_addr, unsigned long long end_addr);
> struct setup_data;
> extern void parse_e820_ext(struct setup_data *data, unsigned long pa_data);
>
>
>
>
>
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