Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] of: fdt: Scan /memreserve/ last

[Lucas Tanure <tanure@linux.com>]

On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 8:52 AM Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 7:00 AM Lucas Tanure <tanure@linux.com> wrote:
> >
> > Change the order of scanning /memreserve/ and /reserved-memory node.
> > /reserved-memory node should go first, as it has a more updated
> > description of the memory regions and it can apply flags, like nomap.
> > Also, /memreserve/ should avoid reserving regions described in
> > /reserved-memory node.
>
> Like I said on v1, I think doing this has a high chance of causing
> regressions on other platforms. It should probably not go to stable
> for some time after a kernel release.
>
> > Signed-off-by: Lucas Tanure <tanure@linux.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/of/fdt.c | 9 +++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> > index d1a68b6d03b3..26e608d8025d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> > @@ -635,16 +635,21 @@ void __init early_init_fdt_scan_reserved_mem(void)
> >         if (!initial_boot_params)
> >                 return;
> >
> > +       fdt_scan_reserved_mem();
> > +       fdt_reserve_elfcorehdr();
> > +
> >         /* Process header /memreserve/ fields */
> >         for (n = 0; ; n++) {
> >                 fdt_get_mem_rsv(initial_boot_params, n, &base, &size);
> >                 if (!size)
> >                         break;
> > +               if (memblock_overlaps_region(&memblock.memory, base, size) &&
> > +                   memblock_is_region_reserved(base, size))
>
> Just to make sure, a partial overlap will still get reserved?
A partial overlap will get reserved if not already reserved by the
/reserved-memory node.
>
> > +                       break;
>
> Shouldn't we continue to the next entry rather than stopping.
Yes, my mistake; I will send v3.
>
> > +
> >                 memblock_reserve(base, size);
> >         }
> >
> > -       fdt_scan_reserved_mem();
> > -       fdt_reserve_elfcorehdr();
> >         fdt_init_reserved_mem();
> >  }
> >
> > --
> > 2.40.0
> >