Hi Reza, On Thu, 6 Oct 2016 01:36:32 PM Reza Arbab wrote: > Respect the standard dt "status" property when scanning memory nodes in > early_init_dt_scan_memory(), so that if the node is unavailable, no > memory will be added. What happens if a kernel without this patch is booted on a system with some status="disabled" device-nodes? Do older kernels just ignore this memory or do they try to use it? >From what I can tell it seems that kernels without this patch will try and use this memory even if it is marked in the device-tree as status="disabled" which could lead to problems for older kernels when we start exporting this property from firmware. Arguably this might not be such a problem in practice as we probably don't have many (if any) existing kernels that will boot on hardware exporting these properties. However given this patch seems fairly independent perhaps it is worth sending as a separate fix if it is not going to make it into this release? Regards, Alistair > The use case at hand is accelerator or device memory, which may be > unusable until post-boot initialization of the memory link. Such a node > can be described in the dt as any other, given its status is "disabled". > Per the device tree specification, > > "disabled" > Indicates that the device is not presently operational, but it > might become operational in the future (for example, something > is not plugged in, or switched off). > > Once such memory is made operational, it can then be hotplugged. > > Signed-off-by: Reza Arbab <arbab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/of/fdt.c | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c > index b138efb..08e5d94 100644 > --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c > +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c > @@ -1056,6 +1056,9 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_memory(unsigned long node, const char *uname, > } else if (strcmp(type, "memory") != 0) > return 0; > > + if (!of_flat_dt_device_is_available(node)) > + return 0; > + > reg = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "linux,usable-memory", &l); > if (reg == NULL) > reg = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "reg", &l); > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
