Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | | From | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <> | | Subject | [PATCH] x86: use brk allocation for DMI | | Date | Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:51:21 -0800 |
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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Use extend_brk() to allocate memory for DMI rather than having an ad-hoc allocator.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> --- arch/x86/include/asm/dmi.h | 14 ++------------ arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 6 ------ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/dmi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/dmi.h index bc68212..aa32f7e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/dmi.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/dmi.h @@ -2,21 +2,11 @@ #define _ASM_X86_DMI_H #include <asm/io.h> +#include <asm/setup.h> -#define DMI_MAX_DATA 2048 - -extern int dmi_alloc_index; -extern char dmi_alloc_data[DMI_MAX_DATA]; - -/* This is so early that there is no good way to allocate dynamic memory. - Allocate data in an BSS array. */ static inline void *dmi_alloc(unsigned len) { - int idx = dmi_alloc_index; - if ((dmi_alloc_index + len) > DMI_MAX_DATA) - return NULL; - dmi_alloc_index += len; - return dmi_alloc_data + idx; + return extend_brk(len, sizeof(int)); } /* Use early IO mappings for DMI because it's initialized early */ diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c index ed02176..1d4fe19 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c @@ -215,12 +215,6 @@ unsigned long mmu_cr4_features = X86_CR4_PAE; int bootloader_type; /* - * Early DMI memory - */ -int dmi_alloc_index; -char dmi_alloc_data[DMI_MAX_DATA]; - -/* * Setup options */ struct screen_info screen_info; -- 1.6.0.6
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