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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/e820/api.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/e820.c14
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/setup.c4
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/api.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/api.h
index 2c336d8a8593..01698548fbc8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/api.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/api.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ extern void parse_e820_ext(u64 phys_addr, u32 data_len);
extern unsigned long e820_end_of_ram_pfn(void);
extern unsigned long e820_end_of_low_ram_pfn(void);
extern u64 early_reserve_e820(u64 sizet, u64 align);
-extern void memblock_x86_fill(void);
+extern void e820__memblock_setup(void);
extern void memblock_find_dma_reserve(void);
extern void finish_e820_parsing(void);
extern void e820_reserve_resources(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index 624190fe86a7..b8e216b3957a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -1138,15 +1138,19 @@ void __init e820__memory_setup(void)
e820_print_map(who);
}
-void __init memblock_x86_fill(void)
+void __init e820__memblock_setup(void)
{
int i;
u64 end;
/*
- * EFI may have more than 128 entries
- * We are safe to enable resizing, beause memblock_x86_fill()
- * is rather later for x86
+ * The bootstrap memblock region count maximum is 128 entries
+ * (INIT_MEMBLOCK_REGIONS), but EFI might pass us more E820 entries
+ * than that - so allow memblock resizing.
+ *
+ * This is safe, because this call happens pretty late during x86 setup,
+ * so we know about reserved memory regions already. (This is important
+ * so that memblock resizing does no stomp over reserved areas.)
*/
memblock_allow_resize();
@@ -1163,7 +1167,7 @@ void __init memblock_x86_fill(void)
memblock_add(ei->addr, ei->size);
}
- /* throw away partial pages */
+ /* Throw away partial pages: */
memblock_trim_memory(PAGE_SIZE);
memblock_dump_all();
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index f905430d7b04..838e4b5707ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
early_alloc_pgt_buf();
/*
- * Need to conclude brk, before memblock_x86_fill()
+ * Need to conclude brk, before e820__memblock_setup()
* it could use memblock_find_in_range, could overlap with
* brk area.
*/
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
cleanup_highmap();
memblock_set_current_limit(ISA_END_ADDRESS);
- memblock_x86_fill();
+ e820__memblock_setup();
reserve_bios_regions();