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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 07/19] xen: arm: allocate dom0 memory separately from preparing the dtb





On 11/13/2013 06:11 PM, Ian Campbell wrote:
Mixing these two together is a pain, it forces us to prepare the dtb before
processing the kernel which means we don't know whether the guest is 32- or
64-bit while we construct its DTB.

Instead split out the memory allocation (including 1:1 workaround handling)
and p2m setup into a separate phase and then create a memory node in the DTB
based on the result.

This allows us to move kernel parsing before DTB setup.

As part of this it was also necessary to rework where the decision regarding
the placement of the DTB and initrd in RAM was made. It is now made when
loading the kernel, which allows it to make use of the zImage/ELF specific
information and therefore to make decisions based on complete knowledge and do
it right rather than guessing in prepare_dtb and relying on a later check to
see if things worked.

Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: Also rework module placement, v2 broke boot because dtb_paddr wasn't set
     soon enough. This ends up cleaner anyway.
v2: Fixed typo in the commit log
     Handle multiple memory nodes as well as individual nodes with several
     entries in them.
     Strip the original memory node and recreate rather than trying to modify.
---
  xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c |  203 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
  xen/arch/arm/kernel.c       |   80 +++++++++++------
  xen/arch/arm/kernel.h       |    2 -
  3 files changed, 158 insertions(+), 127 deletions(-)

[..]

@@ -236,17 +267,9 @@ static int kernel_try_zimage32_prepare(struct kernel_info 
*info,
          paddr_t load_end;

          load_end = info->mem.bank[0].start + info->mem.bank[0].size;
-        load_end = MIN(info->mem.bank[0].start + (128<<20), load_end);
-
-        /*
-         * FDT is loaded above 128M or as high as possible, so the
-         * only way we can clash is if we have <=128MB, in which case
-         * FDT will be right at the end and so dtb_paddr will be below
-         * the proposed kernel load address. Move the kernel down if
-         * necessary.
-         */
-        if ( load_end >= info->dtb_paddr )
-            load_end = info->dtb_paddr;
+        load_end = MIN(info->mem.bank[0].start + MB(128), load_end);
+
+        load_end += MB(2);

I didn't notice this line during my previous review, why do you add MB(2)?

--
Julien Grall

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