Re: [PATCH 6/8] arm64/efi: ignore DT memory nodes instead of removing them

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On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 08:41:58AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> There are two problems with the UEFI stub DT memory node removal
> routine:
> - it deletes nodes as it traverses the tree, which happens to work
>   but is not supported, as deletion invalidates the node iterator;
> - deleting memory nodes entirely may discard annotations in the form
>   of additional properties on the nodes.
> 
> Now that the UEFI initialization has moved to an earlier stage, we can
> actually just ignore any memblocks that are installed after we have
> processed the UEFI memory map. This way, it is no longer necessary to
> remove the nodes, so we can remove that logic from the stub as well.

So ... I don't have an issue with this patch as such, but keeping the
memory nodes around for NUMA topology when the UEFI memory map is
the one being used for memblock leads to a spooky redefinition of what
that memory node _is_; it would now describe a region which may only
partially be populated with RAM.

/
    Leif

> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/mm/init.c               |  7 +++++++
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c | 24 +-----------------------
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> index 64480b65ef17..95c239f43384 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> @@ -386,6 +386,13 @@ __setup("keepinitrd", keepinitrd_setup);
>  
>  void __init early_init_dt_add_memory_arch(u64 base, u64 size)
>  {
> +	/*
> +	 * EFI_MEMMAP will be set /after/ UEFI has installed all memory based
> +	 * on the content of the UEFI memory map.
> +	 */
> +	if (efi_enabled(EFI_MEMMAP))
> +		return;
> +
>  	if (!PAGE_ALIGNED(base)) {
>  		if (size < PAGE_SIZE - (base & ~PAGE_MASK)) {
>  			pr_warn("Ignoring memory block 0x%llx - 0x%llx\n",
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c
> index ef5d764e2a27..343e7992bd8f 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ efi_status_t update_fdt(efi_system_table_t *sys_table, void *orig_fdt,
>  			unsigned long map_size, unsigned long desc_size,
>  			u32 desc_ver)
>  {
> -	int node, prev, num_rsv;
> +	int node, num_rsv;
>  	int status;
>  	u32 fdt_val32;
>  	u64 fdt_val64;
> @@ -54,28 +54,6 @@ efi_status_t update_fdt(efi_system_table_t *sys_table, void *orig_fdt,
>  		goto fdt_set_fail;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * Delete any memory nodes present. We must delete nodes which
> -	 * early_init_dt_scan_memory may try to use.
> -	 */
> -	prev = 0;
> -	for (;;) {
> -		const char *type;
> -		int len;
> -
> -		node = fdt_next_node(fdt, prev, NULL);
> -		if (node < 0)
> -			break;
> -
> -		type = fdt_getprop(fdt, node, "device_type", &len);
> -		if (type && strncmp(type, "memory", len) == 0) {
> -			fdt_del_node(fdt, node);
> -			continue;
> -		}
> -
> -		prev = node;
> -	}
> -
> -	/*
>  	 * Delete all memory reserve map entries. When booting via UEFI,
>  	 * kernel will use the UEFI memory map to find reserved regions.
>  	 */
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
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