[PATCH 22/38] early_res: enhance check_and_double_early_res

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Fri Jan 22 2010 - 04:28:08 EST


to make it always try to start from low at first.

so make it more safe for early_memtest to reserve bad range.
aka put new early_res to range that is already tested.

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/early_res.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/early_res.c b/arch/x86/kernel/early_res.c
index d0a70cc..52804e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/early_res.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/early_res.c
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ void __init reserve_early_overlap_ok(u64 start, u64 end, char *name)
__reserve_early(start, end, name, 1);
}

-static void __init __check_and_double_early_res(u64 start)
+static void __init __check_and_double_early_res(u64 ex_start, u64 ex_end)
{
- u64 end, size, mem;
+ u64 start, end, size, mem;
struct early_res *new;

/* do we have enough slots left ? */
@@ -190,10 +190,23 @@ static void __init __check_and_double_early_res(u64 start)
return;

/* double it */
- end = max_pfn_mapped << PAGE_SHIFT;
+ mem = -1ULL;
size = sizeof(struct early_res) * max_early_res * 2;
- mem = find_e820_area(start, end, size, sizeof(struct early_res));
-
+ if (early_res == early_res_x)
+ start = 0;
+ else
+ start = early_res[0].end;
+ end = ex_start;
+ if (start + size < end)
+ mem = find_e820_area(start, end, size,
+ sizeof(struct early_res));
+ if (mem == -1ULL) {
+ start = ex_end;
+ end = max_pfn_mapped << PAGE_SHIFT;
+ if (start + size < end)
+ mem = find_e820_area(start, end, size,
+ sizeof(struct early_res));
+ }
if (mem == -1ULL)
panic("can not find more space for early_res array");

@@ -235,7 +248,7 @@ void __init reserve_early(u64 start, u64 end, char *name)
if (start >= end)
return;

- __check_and_double_early_res(end);
+ __check_and_double_early_res(start, end);

drop_overlaps_that_are_ok(start, end);
__reserve_early(start, end, name, 0);
@@ -248,7 +261,7 @@ void __init reserve_early_without_check(u64 start, u64 end, char *name)
if (start >= end)
return;

- __check_and_double_early_res(end);
+ __check_and_double_early_res(start, end);

r = &early_res[early_res_count];

--
1.6.4.2

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