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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memory_hotplug.c | 62 |
1 files changed, 58 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c index 21bc3363a829..c82722c3fe32 100644 --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c @@ -98,11 +98,14 @@ void mem_hotplug_done(void) u64 max_mem_size = U64_MAX; /* add this memory to iomem resource */ -static struct resource *register_memory_resource(u64 start, u64 size) +static struct resource *register_memory_resource(u64 start, u64 size, + const char *resource_name) { struct resource *res; unsigned long flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY; - char *resource_name = "System RAM"; + + if (strcmp(resource_name, "System RAM")) + flags |= IORESOURCE_MEM_DRIVER_MANAGED; /* * Make sure value parsed from 'mem=' only restricts memory adding @@ -1057,7 +1060,8 @@ int __ref add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *res) BUG_ON(ret); /* create new memmap entry */ - firmware_map_add_hotplug(start, start + size, "System RAM"); + if (!strcmp(res->name, "System RAM")) + firmware_map_add_hotplug(start, start + size, "System RAM"); /* device_online() will take the lock when calling online_pages() */ mem_hotplug_done(); @@ -1083,7 +1087,7 @@ int __ref __add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size) struct resource *res; int ret; - res = register_memory_resource(start, size); + res = register_memory_resource(start, size, "System RAM"); if (IS_ERR(res)) return PTR_ERR(res); @@ -1105,6 +1109,56 @@ int add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_memory); +/* + * Add special, driver-managed memory to the system as system RAM. Such + * memory is not exposed via the raw firmware-provided memmap as system + * RAM, instead, it is detected and added by a driver - during cold boot, + * after a reboot, and after kexec. + * + * Reasons why this memory should not be used for the initial memmap of a + * kexec kernel or for placing kexec images: + * - The booting kernel is in charge of determining how this memory will be + * used (e.g., use persistent memory as system RAM) + * - Coordination with a hypervisor is required before this memory + * can be used (e.g., inaccessible parts). + * + * For this memory, no entries in /sys/firmware/memmap ("raw firmware-provided + * memory map") are created. Also, the created memory resource is flagged + * with IORESOURCE_MEM_DRIVER_MANAGED, so in-kernel users can special-case + * this memory as well (esp., not place kexec images onto it). + * + * The resource_name (visible via /proc/iomem) has to have the format + * "System RAM ($DRIVER)". + */ +int add_memory_driver_managed(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, + const char *resource_name) +{ + struct resource *res; + int rc; + + if (!resource_name || + strstr(resource_name, "System RAM (") != resource_name || + resource_name[strlen(resource_name) - 1] != ')') + return -EINVAL; + + lock_device_hotplug(); + + res = register_memory_resource(start, size, resource_name); + if (IS_ERR(res)) { + rc = PTR_ERR(res); + goto out_unlock; + } + + rc = add_memory_resource(nid, res); + if (rc < 0) + release_memory_resource(res); + +out_unlock: + unlock_device_hotplug(); + return rc; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_memory_driver_managed); + #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE /* * Confirm all pages in a range [start, end) belong to the same zone (skipping |