From: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@linaro.org>
To: linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@linaro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 18/26] mm/memblock: Add MEMBLOCK_INSPECT flag
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:44:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251119154427.1033475-19-eugen.hristev@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251119154427.1033475-1-eugen.hristev@linaro.org>
This memblock flag indicates that a specific block is registered
into an inspection table.
The block can be marked for inspection using memblock_mark_inspect()
and cleared with memblock_clear_inspect()
Signed-off-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@linaro.org>
---
include/linux/memblock.h | 7 +++++++
mm/memblock.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h
index 221118b5a16e..c3e55a4475cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/memblock.h
+++ b/include/linux/memblock.h
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ extern unsigned long long max_possible_pfn;
* memory reservations yet, so we get scratch memory from the previous
* kernel that we know is good to use. It is the only memory that
* allocations may happen from in this phase.
+ * @MEMBLOCK_INSPECT: memory region is annotated in kernel memory inspection
+ * table. This means a dedicated entry will be created for this region which
+ * will contain the memory's address and size. This allows kernel inspectors
+ * to retrieve the memory.
*/
enum memblock_flags {
MEMBLOCK_NONE = 0x0, /* No special request */
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ enum memblock_flags {
MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT = 0x10, /* don't initialize struct pages */
MEMBLOCK_RSRV_KERN = 0x20, /* memory reserved for kernel use */
MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH = 0x40, /* scratch memory for kexec handover */
+ MEMBLOCK_INSPECT = 0x80, /* memory selected for kernel inspection */
};
/**
@@ -149,6 +154,8 @@ unsigned long memblock_addrs_overlap(phys_addr_t base1, phys_addr_t size1,
bool memblock_overlaps_region(struct memblock_type *type,
phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
bool memblock_validate_numa_coverage(unsigned long threshold_bytes);
+int memblock_mark_inspect(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
+int memblock_clear_inspect(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
int memblock_mark_hotplug(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
int memblock_clear_hotplug(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
int memblock_mark_mirror(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index e23e16618e9b..a5df5ab286e5 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/memblock.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/meminspect.h>
#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_HANDOVER
#include <linux/libfdt.h>
@@ -1016,6 +1017,40 @@ static int __init_memblock memblock_setclr_flag(struct memblock_type *type,
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * memblock_mark_inspect - Mark inspectable memory with flag MEMBLOCK_INSPECT.
+ * @base: the base phys addr of the region
+ * @size: the size of the region
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure.
+ */
+int __init_memblock memblock_mark_inspect(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = memblock_setclr_flag(&memblock.memory, base, size, 1, MEMBLOCK_INSPECT);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ meminspect_lock_register_pa(base, size);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * memblock_clear_inspect - Clear flag MEMBLOCK_INSPECT for a specified region.
+ * @base: the base phys addr of the region
+ * @size: the size of the region
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -errno on failure.
+ */
+int __init_memblock memblock_clear_inspect(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)
+{
+ meminspect_lock_unregister_pa(base, size);
+
+ return memblock_setclr_flag(&memblock.memory, base, size, 0, MEMBLOCK_INSPECT);
+}
+
/**
* memblock_mark_hotplug - Mark hotpluggable memory with flag MEMBLOCK_HOTPLUG.
* @base: the base phys addr of the region
@@ -2704,6 +2739,7 @@ static const char * const flagname[] = {
[ilog2(MEMBLOCK_RSRV_NOINIT)] = "RSV_NIT",
[ilog2(MEMBLOCK_RSRV_KERN)] = "RSV_KERN",
[ilog2(MEMBLOCK_KHO_SCRATCH)] = "KHO_SCRATCH",
+ [ilog2(MEMBLOCK_INSPECT)] = "INSPECT",
};
static int memblock_debug_show(struct seq_file *m, void *private)
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-19 15:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-19 15:44 [PATCH 00/26] Introduce meminspect Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 01/26] kernel: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-22 0:04 ` kernel test robot
2025-11-24 3:02 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 02/26] init/version: Annotate static information into meminspect Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 03/26] mm/percpu: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-21 17:13 ` kernel test robot
2025-11-21 19:13 ` kernel test robot
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 04/26] cpu: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 05/26] genirq/irqdesc: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 06/26] timers: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 07/26] kernel/fork: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 08/26] mm/page_alloc: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 09/26] mm/show_mem: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 10/26] mm/swapfile: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 11/26] kernel/vmcore_info: Register dynamic " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 12/26] kernel/configs: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-21 22:16 ` kernel test robot
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 13/26] mm/init-mm: Annotate static " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 14/26] panic: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 15/26] kallsyms: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 16/26] mm/mm_init: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 17/26] sched/core: Annotate runqueues " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` Eugen Hristev [this message]
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 19/26] mm/numa: Register information " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 20/26] mm/sparse: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 21/26] printk: " Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 22/26] remoteproc: qcom: Extract minidump definitions into a header Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 23/26] soc: qcom: Add minidump driver Eugen Hristev
2025-11-22 4:55 ` kernel test robot
2025-11-22 7:54 ` kernel test robot
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 24/26] soc: qcom: smem: Add minidump device Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 25/26] dt-bindings: reserved-memory: Add Google Kinfo Pixel reserved memory Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 16:02 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2025-11-19 16:19 ` Eugen Hristev
2025-11-20 7:21 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2025-11-19 16:33 ` Rob Herring (Arm)
2025-11-19 22:41 ` Rob Herring
2025-11-19 15:44 ` [PATCH 26/26] meminspect: Add Kinfo compatible driver Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 16:30 ` [PATCH 00/26] Introduce meminspect Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-11-19 17:11 ` Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 17:14 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-11-19 17:19 ` Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 18:15 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-11-19 18:24 ` Eugen Hristev
2025-11-19 18:38 ` Steven Rostedt
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