Re: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH 1/2] x86: add support for the non-standard protected e820 type

From: Toshi Kani
Date: Mon Apr 06 2015 - 13:47:47 EST


On Sat, 2015-04-04 at 11:40 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2015-04-03 at 10:12 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2015-04-01 at 09:12 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > > :
> > > >> @@ -748,7 +758,7 @@ u64 __init early_reserve_e820(u64 size, u64 align)
> > > >> /*
> > > >> * Find the highest page frame number we have available
> > > >> */
> > > >> -static unsigned long __init e820_end_pfn(unsigned long limit_pfn, unsigned type)
> > > >> +static unsigned long __init e820_end_pfn(unsigned long limit_pfn)
> > > >> {
> > > >> int i;
> > > >> unsigned long last_pfn = 0;
> > > >> @@ -759,7 +769,11 @@ static unsigned long __init e820_end_pfn(unsigned long limit_pfn, unsigned type)
> > > >> unsigned long start_pfn;
> > > >> unsigned long end_pfn;
> > > >>
> > > >> - if (ei->type != type)
> > > >> + /*
> > > >> + * Persistent memory is accounted as ram for purposes of
> > > >> + * establishing max_pfn and mem_map.
> > > >> + */
> > > >> + if (ei->type != E820_RAM && ei->type != E820_PRAM)
> > > >> continue;
> > > >
> > > > Should we also delete this code, accounting E820_PRAM as ram, along with
> > > > the deletion of reserve_pmem() in this version?
> > >
> > > should revert those end_of_ram change as attached.
> >
> > I confirmed that the pmem driver works with the change, and last_pfn is
> > updated as expected.
>
> Could someone please send the fix with a changelog, etc?

OK, I will send a patch for the fix, with suggested update from
Christoph of not to re-add 'type' argument to e820_end_pfn().

Yinghai, I will add your sign-off to the patch. Let me know if you have
any concern.

Thanks,
-Toshi

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