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Re: [PATCH][4.17] EFI: don't convert memory marked for runtime use to ordinary RAM


  • To: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2022 10:06:36 +0200
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On 30.09.2022 16:28, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 09:50:40AM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> efi_init_memory() in both relevant places is treating EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME
>> higher priority than the type of the range. To avoid accessing memory at
>> runtime which was re-used for other purposes, make
>> efi_arch_process_memory_map() follow suit. While on x86 in theory the
>> same would apply to EfiACPIReclaimMemory, we don't actually "reclaim"
>> E820_ACPI memory there and hence that type's handling can be left alone.
> 
> What about dom0?  Should it be translated to E820_RESERVED so that
> dom0 doesn't try to use it either?

I'm afraid I don't understand the questions. Not the least because I
think "it" can't really mean "dom0" from the earlier sentence.

Jan

>  I guess using E820_RESERVED
> could also confuse dom0 about ACPI data placement.
> 
> Thanks, Roger.




 


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