Re: [RFC PATCH v2 3/4] x86/boot/KASLR: Walk srat tables to filter immovable memory

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Jul 16 2018 - 07:44:54 EST



* Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If 'CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE' specified, walk the acpi srat memory
> tables, store the immovable memory regions, so that kaslr can get
> the information abouth where can be selected or not.
> If 'CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE' not specified, go on the old code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
> index 531c9876f573..0ec5aab915db 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
>
> #include "misc.h"
> #include "error.h"
> +#include "acpitb.h"
> #include "../string.h"
>
> #include <generated/compile.h>
> @@ -104,6 +105,14 @@ static bool memmap_too_large;
> /* Store memory limit specified by "mem=nn[KMG]" or "memmap=nn[KMG]" */
> unsigned long long mem_limit = ULLONG_MAX;
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
> +/* Store the movable memory */
> +struct mem_vector immovable_mem[MAX_NUMNODES*2];
> +
> +/* Store the num of movable mem regions */
> +static int num_immovable_mem;
> +#endif

So comment says 'movable', but variables are named 'immovable'??

Thanks,

Ingo