[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [PATCH v2] xen/arm/efi: merge neighboring banks
Hi Stefano, Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxx> writes: > When booting from U-Boot bootefi, there can be a high number of > neighboring RAM banks. See for example: > > (XEN) RAM: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000bfffff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000000c00000 - 0000000000c00fff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000000c01000 - 0000000000dfffff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000000e00000 - 000000000279dfff > (XEN) RAM: 000000000279e000 - 00000000029fffff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000002a00000 - 0000000008379fff > (XEN) RAM: 000000000837a000 - 00000000083fffff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000008400000 - 0000000008518fff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000008519000 - 00000000085fffff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000008600000 - 0000000008613fff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000008614000 - 00000000097fffff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000009800000 - 00000000098a7fff > (XEN) RAM: 00000000098a8000 - 0000000009dfffff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000009e00000 - 0000000009ea7fff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000009ea8000 - 000000001fffffff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000020000000 - 000000002007ffff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000020080000 - 0000000077b17fff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000077b19000 - 0000000077b2bfff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000077b2c000 - 0000000077c8dfff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000077c8e000 - 0000000077c91fff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000077ca7000 - 0000000077caafff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000077cac000 - 0000000077caefff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000077cd0000 - 0000000077cd2fff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000077cd4000 - 0000000077cd7fff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000077cd8000 - 000000007bd07fff > (XEN) RAM: 000000007bd09000 - 000000007fd5ffff > (XEN) RAM: 000000007fd70000 - 000000007fefffff > (XEN) RAM: 0000000800000000 - 000000087fffffff > > Xen does not currently support boot modules that span multiple banks: at > least one of the regions get freed twice. The first time from > setup_mm->populate_boot_allocator, then again from > discard_initial_modules->fw_unreserved_regions. With a high number of > banks, it can be difficult to arrange the boot modules in a way that > avoids spanning across multiple banks. > > This small patch merges neighboring regions, to make dealing with them > more efficient, and to make it easier to load boot modules. > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxx> > --- > Changes in v2: > - remove unneeded check for duplicates > - unsigned int instead of int > - add parenthesis > --- > xen/arch/arm/efi/efi-boot.h | 10 ++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/efi/efi-boot.h b/xen/arch/arm/efi/efi-boot.h > index a80a5a7ab3..8b8ef5dcfb 100644 > --- a/xen/arch/arm/efi/efi-boot.h > +++ b/xen/arch/arm/efi/efi-boot.h > @@ -163,6 +163,16 @@ static bool __init meminfo_add_bank(struct membanks *mem, > struct membank *bank; > paddr_t start = desc->PhysicalStart; > paddr_t size = desc->NumberOfPages * EFI_PAGE_SIZE; > + unsigned int j; > + > + for ( j = 0; j < mem->nr_banks; j++ ) > + { > + if ( (mem->bank[j].start + mem->bank[j].size) == start ) > + { > + mem->bank[j].size += size; > + return true; > + } > + } > > if ( mem->nr_banks >= mem->max_banks ) > return false; It didn't got into diff context, but there is this check below: #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI if ( check_reserved_regions_overlap(start, size, false) ) return false; #endif Your patch will skip it. -- WBR, Volodymyr
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