[PATCH v2 2/2] x86/efi: clean up dead code around efi_reserve_boot_services()

From: Naoya Horiguchi
Date: Fri Jul 07 2017 - 03:22:58 EST


EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_{CODE|DATA} regions never overlap the kernel now,
so we can clean up the check in efi_reserve_boot_services().

Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c | 23 +----------------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git next-20170705/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c next-20170705_patched/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
index 8a99a2e..191f6f7 100644
--- next-20170705/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
+++ next-20170705_patched/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
@@ -292,27 +292,6 @@ void __init efi_arch_mem_reserve(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size)
efi_memmap_install(new_phys, num_entries);
}

-/*
- * Helper function for efi_reserve_boot_services() to figure out if we
- * can free regions in efi_free_boot_services().
- *
- * Use this function to ensure we do not free regions owned by somebody
- * else. We must only reserve (and then free) regions:
- *
- * - Not within any part of the kernel
- * - Not the BIOS reserved area (E820_TYPE_RESERVED, E820_TYPE_NVS, etc)
- */
-static bool can_free_region(u64 start, u64 size)
-{
- if (start + size > __pa_symbol(_text) && start <= __pa_symbol(_end))
- return false;
-
- if (!e820__mapped_all(start, start+size, E820_TYPE_RAM))
- return false;
-
- return true;
-}
-
void __init efi_reserve_boot_services(void)
{
efi_memory_desc_t *md;
@@ -350,7 +329,7 @@ void __init efi_reserve_boot_services(void)
* one else cares about it. We own it and can
* free it later.
*/
- if (can_free_region(start, size))
+ if (e820__mapped_all(start, start+size, E820_TYPE_RAM))
continue;
}

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2.7.0