"Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
[...]
>
>> > +
>> > +/*
>> > + * Add all memblock memory regions to the @tdx_memlist as TDX memory.
>> > + * Must be called when get_online_mems() is called by the caller.
>> > + */
>> > +static int build_tdx_memory(void)
>> > +{
>> > + unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
>> > + int i, nid, ret;
>> > +
>> > + for_each_mem_pfn_range(i, MAX_NUMNODES, &start_pfn, &end_pfn, &nid) {
>> > + /*
>> > + * The first 1MB may not be reported as TDX convertible
>> > + * memory. Manually exclude them as TDX memory.
>> > + *
>> > + * This is fine as the first 1MB is already reserved in
>> > + * reserve_real_mode() and won't end up to ZONE_DMA as
>> > + * free page anyway.
>> > + */
>> > + start_pfn = max(start_pfn, (unsigned long)SZ_1M >> PAGE_SHIFT);
>> > + if (start_pfn >= end_pfn)
>> > + continue;
>>
>> How about check whether first 1MB is reserved instead of depending on
>> the corresponding code isn't changed? Via for_each_reserved_mem_range()?
>
> IIUC, some reserved memory can be freed to page allocator directly, i.e. kernel
> init code/data. I feel it's not safe to just treat reserved memory will never
> be in page allocator. Otherwise we have for_each_free_mem_range() can use.
Yes. memblock reverse information isn't perfect. But I still think
that it is still better than just assumption to check whether the frist
1MB is reserved in memblock. Or, we can check whether the pages of the
first 1MB is reversed via checking struct page directly?
[...]
Best Regards,
Huang, Ying
