On Mon 2014-08-11 18:50:52, Lee, Chun-Yi wrote: > In arch/x86/kernel/setup.c::trim_bios_range(), the codes introduced > by 1b5576e6 (base on d8a9e6a5), it updates the first 4Kb of memory > to be E820_RESERVED region. That's because it's a BIOS owned area > but generally not listed in the E820 table: > > [ 0.000000] e820: BIOS-provided physical RAM map: > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000096fff] usable > [ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000097000-0x0000000000097fff] reserved > ... > [ 0.000000] e820: update [mem 0x00000000-0x00000fff] usable ==> reserved > [ 0.000000] e820: remove [mem 0x000a0000-0x000fffff] usable > > But the region of first 4Kb didn't register to nosave memory: > > [ 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0x00097000-0x00097fff] > [ 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: [mem 0x000a0000-0x000fffff] > > The codes in e820_mark_nosave_regions() assumes the first e820 area to be > RAM, so it causes the first 4Kb E820_RESERVED region ignored when register > to nosave. This patch removed assumption of the first e820 area. > > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <r...@rjwysocki.net> > Cc: Len Brown <len.br...@intel.com>
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