On Wed, 1 May 2024 17:45:49 +0300
Mike Rapoport <r...@kernel.org> wrote:
> > +static void __init memmap_copy(void)
> > +{
> > + if (!early_mmap_size)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + mmap_list = kcalloc(early_mmap_size + 1, sizeof(mmap_list),
> > GFP_KERNEL);
>
> We can keep early_mmap_size after boot and then we don't need to allocate
> an extra element in the mmap_list. No strong feeling here, though.
>
> > + if (!mmap_list)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + for (int i = 0; i < early_mmap_size; i++)
> > + mmap_list[i] = early_mmap_list[i];
> > +}
>
> With something like this
>
> /*
> * Parse early_reserve_mem=nn:align:name
> */
> static int __init early_reserve_mem(char *p)
> {
> phys_addr_t start, size, align;
> char *oldp;
> int err;
>
> if (!p)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> oldp = p;
> size = memparse(p, &p);
> if (p == oldp)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> if (*p != ':')
> return -EINVAL;
>
> align = memparse(p+1, &p);
> if (*p != ':')
> return -EINVAL;
>
> start = memblock_phys_alloc(size, align);
So this will allocate the same physical location for every boot, if booting
the same kernel and having the same physical memory layout?
-- Steve
> if (!start)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> p++;
> err = memmap_add(start, size, p);
> if (err) {
> memblock_phys_free(start, size);
> return err;
> }
>
> p += strlen(p);
>
> return *p == '\0' ? 0: -EINVAL;
> }
> __setup("early_reserve_mem=", early_reserve_mem);
>
> you don't need to touch e820 and it will work the same for all
> architectures.
>
> We'd need a better naming, but I couldn't think of something better yet.
>
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * memmap_named - Find a wildcard region with a given name
> > + * @name: The name that is attached to a wildcard region
> > + * @start: If found, holds the start address
> > + * @size: If found, holds the size of the address.
> > + *
> > + * Returns: 1 if found or 0 if not found.
> > + */
> > +int memmap_named(const char *name, u64 *start, u64 *size)
> > +{
> > + struct mmap_map *map;
> > +
> > + if (!mmap_list)
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > + for (int i = 0; mmap_list[i].name[0]; i++) {
> > + map = &mmap_list[i];
> > + if (!map->size)
> > + continue;
> > + if (strcmp(name, map->name) == 0) {
> > + *start = map->start;
> > + *size = map->size;
> > + return 1;
> > + }
> > + }
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > struct kobject *mm_kobj;
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> > @@ -2793,4 +2864,5 @@ void __init mm_core_init(void)
> > pti_init();
> > kmsan_init_runtime();
> > mm_cache_init();
> > + memmap_copy();
> > }
>
