From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
To: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@amd.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 46/46] x86, mm: Let "memmap=" take more entries one time
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:12:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121128191251.GT21266@phenom.dumpdata.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1353123563-3103-47-git-send-email-yinghai@kernel.org>
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 07:39:23PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> Current "memmap=" only can take one entry every time.
> when we have more entries, we have to use memmap= for each of them.
>
> For pxe booting, we have command line length limitation, those extra
> "memmap=" would waste too much space.
>
> This patch make memmap= could take several entries one time,
> and those entries will be split with ','
You should also document that in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt?
>
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
> index df06ade..d32abea 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
> @@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ static int __init parse_memopt(char *p)
> }
> early_param("mem", parse_memopt);
>
> -static int __init parse_memmap_opt(char *p)
> +static int __init parse_memmap_one(char *p)
> {
> char *oldp;
> u64 start_at, mem_size;
> @@ -877,6 +877,20 @@ static int __init parse_memmap_opt(char *p)
>
> return *p == '\0' ? 0 : -EINVAL;
> }
> +static int __init parse_memmap_opt(char *str)
> +{
> + while (str) {
> + char *k = strchr(str, ',');
> +
> + if (k)
> + *k++ = 0;
> +
> + parse_memmap_one(str);
> + str = k;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> early_param("memmap", parse_memmap_opt);
>
> void __init finish_e820_parsing(void)
> --
> 1.7.7
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2012-11-17 3:38 [PATCH v8 00/46] x86, mm: map ram from top-down with BRK and memblock Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 01/46] x86, mm: Add global page_size_mask and probe one time only Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:38 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 02/46] x86, mm: Split out split_mem_range from init_memory_mapping Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:39 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 03/46] x86, mm: Move down find_early_table_space() Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:40 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 16:50 ` [PATCH v8 03/46] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 04/46] x86, mm: Move init_memory_mapping calling out of setup.c Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:41 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 16:50 ` [PATCH v8 04/46] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 05/46] x86, mm: Revert back good_end setting for 64bit Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:42 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 06/46] x86, mm: Change find_early_table_space() paramters Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:43 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 16:50 ` [PATCH v8 06/46] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 07/46] x86, mm: Find early page table buffer together Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:44 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 16:50 ` [PATCH v8 07/46] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 08/46] x86, mm: Separate out calculate_table_space_size() Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:45 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 16:59 ` [PATCH v8 08/46] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 09/46] x86, mm: Set memblock initial limit to 1M Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:46 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 10/46] x86, mm: if kernel .text .data .bss are not marked as E820_RAM, complain and fix Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:47 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Jacob Shin
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 11/46] x86, mm: Fixup code testing if a pfn is direct mapped Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:48 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Jacob Shin
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 12/46] x86, mm: use pfn_range_is_mapped() with CPA Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:49 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 17:06 ` [PATCH v8 12/46] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-28 19:33 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 13/46] x86, mm: use pfn_range_is_mapped() with gart Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:50 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 17:07 ` [PATCH v8 13/46] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 14/46] x86, mm: use pfn_range_is_mapped() with reserve_initrd Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:51 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 17:08 ` [PATCH v8 14/46] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-28 19:40 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 15/46] x86, mm: Only direct map addresses that are marked as E820_RAM Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:53 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Jacob Shin
2012-11-28 17:15 ` [PATCH v8 15/46] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-28 19:43 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 16/46] x86, mm: relocate initrd under all mem for 64bit Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:54 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 17/46] x86, mm: Align start address to correct big page size Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:55 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 18/46] x86, mm: Use big page size for small memory range Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:56 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 19/46] x86, mm: Don't clear page table if range is ram Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:57 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 20/46] x86, mm: Break down init_all_memory_mapping Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:58 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 21/46] x86, mm: setup page table in top-down Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 1:59 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 17:50 ` [PATCH v8 21/46] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-28 20:16 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-12-05 21:53 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-17 3:38 ` [PATCH v8 22/46] x86, mm: Remove early_memremap workaround for page table accessing on 64bit Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:00 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 18:57 ` [PATCH v8 22/46] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 23/46] x86, mm: Remove parameter in alloc_low_page for 64bit Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:01 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 18:57 ` [PATCH v8 23/46] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 24/46] x86, mm: Merge alloc_low_page between 64bit and 32bit Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:02 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 25/46] x86, mm: Move min_pfn_mapped back to mm/init.c Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:03 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 26/46] x86, mm, Xen: Remove mapping_pagetable_reserve() Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:04 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 27/46] x86, mm: Add alloc_low_pages(num) Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:05 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 28/46] x86, mm: Add pointer about Xen mmu requirement for alloc_low_pages Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:06 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Stefano Stabellini
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 29/46] x86, mm: only call early_ioremap_page_table_range_init() once Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:07 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 19:02 ` [PATCH v8 29/46] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 30/46] x86, mm: Move back pgt_buf_* to mm/init.c Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:08 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 31/46] x86, mm: Move init_gbpages() out of setup.c Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:09 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 32/46] x86, mm: change low/hignmem_pfn_init to static on 32bit Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:10 ` [tip:x86/mm2] x86, mm: change low/ hignmem_pfn_init " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 33/46] x86, mm: Move function declaration into mm_internal.h Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:11 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 34/46] x86, mm: Add check before clear pte above max_low_pfn on 32bit Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:13 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 19:09 ` [PATCH v8 34/46] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-28 20:38 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 35/46] x86, mm: use round_up/down in split_mem_range() Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:14 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 36/46] x86, mm: use PFN_DOWN " Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:15 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 37/46] x86, mm: use pfn instead of pos in split_mem_range Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:16 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 38/46] x86, mm: use limit_pfn for end pfn Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:17 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 39/46] x86, mm: Unifying after_bootmem for 32bit and 64bit Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:18 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 40/46] x86, mm: Move after_bootmem to mm_internel.h Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:19 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 41/46] x86, mm: Use clamp_t() in init_range_memory_mapping Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:20 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 42/46] x86, mm: kill numa_free_all_bootmem() Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:21 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 43/46] x86, mm: kill numa_64.h Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:22 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 44/46] sparc, mm: Remove calling of free_all_bootmem_node() Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:23 ` [tip:x86/mm2] sparc, mm: Remove calling of free_all_bootmem_node( ) tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 45/46] mm: Kill NO_BOOTMEM version free_all_bootmem_node() Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:24 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-17 3:39 ` [PATCH v8 46/46] x86, mm: Let "memmap=" take more entries one time Yinghai Lu
2012-11-22 2:25 ` [tip:x86/mm2] " tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 19:12 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [this message]
2012-11-27 21:17 ` [PATCH v8 00/46] x86, mm: map ram from top-down with BRK and memblock Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-28 19:35 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-28 19:47 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-11-28 20:57 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-11-28 21:06 ` Yinghai Lu
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