Re: [RFC PATCH v3 3/13] memory-hotplug : unify argument of firmware_map_add_early/hotplug

From: Yasuaki Ishimatsu
Date: Thu Jul 12 2012 - 00:53:37 EST


Hi Dave,

2012/07/12 0:30, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 07/09/2012 03:25 AM, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
>> @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ int __ref add_memory(int nid, u64 start,
>> }
>>
>> /* create new memmap entry */
>> - firmware_map_add_hotplug(start, start + size, "System RAM");
>> + firmware_map_add_hotplug(start, start + size - 1, "System RAM");
>
> I know the firmware_map_*() calls use inclusive end addresses
> internally, but do we really need to expose them? Both of the callers
> you mentioned do:
>
> firmware_map_add_hotplug(start, start + size - 1, "System RAM");
>
> or
>
> firmware_map_add_early(entry->addr,
> entry->addr + entry->size - 1,
> e820_type_to_string(entry->type));
>
> So it seems a _bit_ silly to keep all of the callers doing this size-1
> thing. I also noted that the new caller that you added does the same
> thing. Could we just change the external calling convention to be
> exclusive?

Thank you for your comment.

Does the following patch include your comment? If O.K., I will separate
the patch from the series and send it for bug fix.

---
arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 2 +-
drivers/firmware/memmap.c | 8 ++++----
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Index: linux-next/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
===================================================================
--- linux-next.orig/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c 2012-07-02 09:50:23.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-next/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c 2012-07-12 13:30:45.942318179 +0900
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@
for (i = 0; i < e820_saved.nr_map; i++) {
struct e820entry *entry = &e820_saved.map[i];
firmware_map_add_early(entry->addr,
- entry->addr + entry->size - 1,
+ entry->addr + entry->size,
e820_type_to_string(entry->type));
}
}
Index: linux-next/drivers/firmware/memmap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-next.orig/drivers/firmware/memmap.c 2012-07-02 09:50:26.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-next/drivers/firmware/memmap.c 2012-07-12 13:40:53.823318481 +0900
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
/**
* firmware_map_add_entry() - Does the real work to add a firmware memmap entry.
* @start: Start of the memory range.
- * @end: End of the memory range (inclusive).
+ * @end: End of the memory range.
* @type: Type of the memory range.
* @entry: Pre-allocated (either kmalloc() or bootmem allocator), uninitialised
* entry.
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
BUG_ON(start > end);

entry->start = start;
- entry->end = end;
+ entry->end = end - 1;
entry->type = type;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->list);
kobject_init(&entry->kobj, &memmap_ktype);
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
* firmware_map_add_hotplug() - Adds a firmware mapping entry when we do
* memory hotplug.
* @start: Start of the memory range.
- * @end: End of the memory range (inclusive).
+ * @end: End of the memory range.
* @type: Type of the memory range.
*
* Adds a firmware mapping entry. This function is for memory hotplug, it is
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
/**
* firmware_map_add_early() - Adds a firmware mapping entry.
* @start: Start of the memory range.
- * @end: End of the memory range (inclusive).
+ * @end: End of the memory range.
* @type: Type of the memory range.
*
* Adds a firmware mapping entry. This function uses the bootmem allocator

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