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SubjectRe: [patch]x86: arch_add_memory round up address
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 01:16:46PM +0800, Yasunori Goto wrote:
>> > On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 02:40:34PM +0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> wrote:
>> > > > On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 02:22:50PM +0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> > > >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:08 PM, Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> wrote:
>> > > >> > On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 14:04 +0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> > > >> >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> wrote:
>> > > >> >> > Round up address to a page, otherwise the last page isn't mapped.
>> > > >> >> >
>> > > >> >> > Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
>> > > >> >> > ---
>> > > >> >> > arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 3 ++-
>> > > >> >> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> > > >> >> >
>> > > >> >> > Index: linux/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
>> > > >> >> > ===================================================================
>> > > >> >> > --- linux.orig/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c 2008-10-09 11:42:33.000000000 +0800
>> > > >> >> > +++ linux/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c 2008-10-09 11:43:22.000000000 +0800
>> > > >> >> > @@ -721,7 +721,8 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start,
>> > > >> >> > unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>> > > >> >> > int ret;
>> > > >> >> >
>> > > >> >> > - last_mapped_pfn = init_memory_mapping(start, start + size-1);
>> > > >> >> > + last_mapped_pfn = init_memory_mapping(start,
>> > > >> >> > + round_up(start + size-1, PAGE_SIZE));
>> > > >> >> > if (last_mapped_pfn > max_pfn_mapped)
>> > > >> >> > max_pfn_mapped = last_mapped_pfn;
>> > > >> >>
>> > > >> >> should use
>> > > >> >>
>> > > >> >> last_mapped_pfn = init_memory_mapping(start, start + size);
>> > > >> > No, this still can't guarantee page aligned, though this works in my
>> > > >> > test
>> > > >>
>> > > >> who will call arch_add_memory? that should be start and size already
>> > > >> be page aligned.
>> > > > It's memory hotplug. Doing a round up is always ok and safe even it might be already aligned.
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > it seems rounding up in that case is wrong...
>> > >
>> > > if the caller call that funtion with extra half page, you don't need
>> > > map that half page, because you can not use it.
>> > shouldn't we mark such page as reserved and so it will not be used? This is the way we handle hole.
>>
>> Just curious,
>> have you ever seen a real machine which needs this patch?
> No, I just did some experiments on a desktop for memory hotplug and this bug
> triggered a crash in my test.
> Yinghai's suggestion also fixed the bug. I just want to have safer method. Anyway, either approach is ok to me.

good, please resubmit updated one with

last_mapped_pfn = init_memory_mapping(start, start + size);

Thanks

YH


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