On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 09:13:30AM -0700, David Daney wrote:
> On 10/15/2017 11:53 PM, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 02:02:25PM -0700, David Daney wrote:
> > > Some kernel versions running on MIPS split the System RAM memory
> > > regions reported in /proc/iomem. This may cause loading of the kexec
> > > kernel to fail if it crosses one of the splits.
> > >
> > > Fix by merging adjacent memory ranges that have the same type.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: David Daney <david.daney at cavium.com>
> > > ---
> > > kexec/arch/mips/kexec-mips.c | 14 ++++++++++----
> > > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/kexec/arch/mips/kexec-mips.c b/kexec/arch/mips/kexec-mips.c
> > > index 2e5b700..415c2ed 100644
> > > --- a/kexec/arch/mips/kexec-mips.c
> > > +++ b/kexec/arch/mips/kexec-mips.c
> > > @@ -60,10 +60,16 @@ int get_memory_ranges(struct memory_range **range, int *ranges,
> > > } else {
> > > continue;
> > > }
> > > - memory_range[memory_ranges].start = start;
> > > - memory_range[memory_ranges].end = end;
> > > - memory_range[memory_ranges].type = type;
> > > - memory_ranges++;
> > > + if (memory_ranges > 0 &&
> >
> > It seems that this will never merge the first memory range
> > with subsequent ones. Is that intentional?
>
>
> With the first range (index 0), no other range yet exists to merge with. We
> can only test for merging with the second and subsequent ranges (indices 1
> and above). To do otherwise would cause us to read things from *before* the
> beginning of the array ...
Yes, of course. I see that now.
I've applied this patch.
> >
> >
> > > + memory_range[memory_ranges - 1].end == start &&
>
> ... here.
>
> > > + memory_range[memory_ranges - 1].type == type) {
> > > + memory_range[memory_ranges - 1].end = end;
> > > + } else {
> > > + memory_range[memory_ranges].start = start;
> > > + memory_range[memory_ranges].end = end;
> > > + memory_range[memory_ranges].type = type;
> > > + memory_ranges++;
> > > + }
> > > }
> > > fclose(fp);
> > > *range = memory_range;
> > > --
> > > 2.9.5
> > >
> > >
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