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Re: [PATCH v7 00/10] ppc64: Restrict memory allocations for kernel and i
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John Paul Adrian Glaubitz |
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Re: [PATCH v7 00/10] ppc64: Restrict memory allocations for kernel and initrd |
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Mon, 27 Nov 2023 13:10:07 +0100 |
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Hello Stefan!
On Mon, 2023-11-27 at 06:58 -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> This series of patches converts the PowerPC ieee1275 memory allocator
> for kernel and initrd to use the (PowerPC) regions_claim memory allocator
> that takes into account memory regions that are not allowed to be used,
> such as the gap between 640MB and 768MB as well as memory regions beyond
> an address in case an fadump is present. Otherwise those two could be
> loaded into restricted memory regions and either cause a crash or
> corruption of the fadump.
Is this regions_claims memory allocator available on all PowerPC targets
or only on newer POWER machines?
Thanks,
Adrian
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- [PATCH v7 02/10] kern/ieee1275/init: ppc64: Decide by request whether to initialize region, (continued)
- [PATCH v7 02/10] kern/ieee1275/init: ppc64: Decide by request whether to initialize region, Stefan Berger, 2023/11/27
- [PATCH v7 07/10] loader/powerpc/ieee1275: Use new allocation function for kernel and initrd, Stefan Berger, 2023/11/27
- [PATCH v7 04/10] kern/ieee1275/init: ppc64: Add support for alignment requirements, Stefan Berger, 2023/11/27
- [PATCH v7 05/10] kern/ieee1275/init: ppc64: Rename regions_claim to grub_regions_claim, Stefan Berger, 2023/11/27
- [PATCH v7 03/10] kern/ieee1275/init: ppc64: Return allocated address using context, Stefan Berger, 2023/11/27
- [PATCH v7 08/10] kern/ieee1275/ieee1275: debug: Display successful memory claims, Stefan Berger, 2023/11/27
- [PATCH v7 01/10] kern/ieee1275/init: ppc64: Introduce a request for regions_claim, Stefan Berger, 2023/11/27
- [PATCH v7 09/10] kern/ieee1275/init: ppc64: Fix a comment, Stefan Berger, 2023/11/27
- [PATCH v7 10/10] kern/ieee1275/init: ppc64: Display upper_mem_limit for debugging, Stefan Berger, 2023/11/27
- [PATCH v7 06/10] kern/ieee1275/cmain: ppc64: Introduce flags to identify KVM and Power VM, Stefan Berger, 2023/11/27
- Re: [PATCH v7 00/10] ppc64: Restrict memory allocations for kernel and initrd,
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <=
- Re: [PATCH v7 00/10] ppc64: Restrict memory allocations for kernel and initrd, Stefan Berger, 2023/11/27
- Re: [PATCH v7 00/10] ppc64: Restrict memory allocations for kernel and initrd, Daniel Kiper, 2023/11/30