From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 3/8] efi/x86: Implement support for unaccepted memory
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 17:55:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YlhD4fajtABnLNvw@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c4b987d5-00d3-40ea-4c20-bf82b7512dec@intel.com>
On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 10:26:14AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > + /*
> > + * Accept small regions that might not be able to be represented
> > + * in the bitmap:
> > + */
> > + if (end - start < 2 * PMD_SIZE) {
> > + __accept_memory(start, end);
> > + return;
> > + }
>
> This is not my first time looking at this code and I still had to think
> about this a bit. That's not good. That pathological case here is
> actually something like this:
>
> | 4k | 2044k + 2044k | 4k |
> ^ 0x0 ^ 2MB ^ 4MB
>
> Where we have a 2MB-aligned 4k accepted area, a 4088k unaccepted area,
> then another 4k accepted area. That will not result in any bits being
> set in the accepted memory bitmap because no 2MB region is fully accepted.
I could use that ascii art very well in a comment above it instead of
having to paint it in my mind each time.
Thx.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-14 16:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-05 23:43 [PATCHv4 0/8] mm, x86/cc: Implement support for unaccepted memory Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-05 23:43 ` [PATCHv4 1/8] mm: Add " Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-08 18:55 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-09 15:54 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-11 6:38 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-11 10:07 ` Mike Rapoport
2022-04-13 11:40 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-13 14:48 ` Mike Rapoport
2022-04-13 15:15 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-13 20:06 ` Mike Rapoport
2022-04-11 8:47 ` David Hildenbrand
2022-04-08 19:04 ` David Hildenbrand
2022-04-08 19:11 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-09 17:52 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-11 6:41 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-11 15:55 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-04-11 16:27 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-11 18:55 ` Tom Lendacky
2022-04-12 8:15 ` David Hildenbrand
2022-04-12 16:08 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-13 10:36 ` David Hildenbrand
2022-04-13 11:30 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-13 11:32 ` David Hildenbrand
2022-04-13 15:36 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-13 16:07 ` David Hildenbrand
2022-04-13 16:13 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-13 16:24 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-13 14:39 ` Mike Rapoport
2022-04-05 23:43 ` [PATCHv4 2/8] efi/x86: Get full memory map in allocate_e820() Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-13 9:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-04-13 11:45 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-05 23:43 ` [PATCHv4 3/8] efi/x86: Implement support for unaccepted memory Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-08 17:26 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-09 19:41 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-14 15:55 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2022-04-15 22:24 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-04-18 15:55 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-18 16:38 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-04-18 20:24 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-18 21:01 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-04-18 23:50 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-19 7:39 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-04-19 15:30 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-19 16:38 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-19 19:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-04-21 12:26 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-04-22 0:21 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-22 9:30 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-04-22 13:26 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-05 23:43 ` [PATCHv4 4/8] x86/boot/compressed: Handle " Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-08 17:57 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-09 20:20 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-11 6:49 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-05 23:43 ` [PATCHv4 5/8] x86/mm: Reserve unaccepted memory bitmap Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-08 18:08 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-09 20:43 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-05 23:43 ` [PATCHv4 6/8] x86/mm: Provide helpers for unaccepted memory Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-08 18:15 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-08 19:21 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-13 16:08 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-05 23:43 ` [PATCHv4 7/8] x86/tdx: Unaccepted memory support Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-08 18:28 ` Dave Hansen
2022-04-05 23:43 ` [PATCHv4 8/8] mm/vmstat: Add counter for memory accepting Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-12 8:18 ` David Hildenbrand
2022-04-08 17:02 ` [PATCHv4 0/8] mm, x86/cc: Implement support for unaccepted memory Dave Hansen
2022-04-09 23:44 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-04-21 12:29 ` Borislav Petkov
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