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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/e820.c28
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index c8dda42cb6a3..a102564d08eb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ static void __init e820_print_type(u32 type)
case E820_UNUSABLE:
printk(KERN_CONT "unusable");
break;
+ case E820_PMEM:
case E820_PRAM:
printk(KERN_CONT "persistent (type %u)", type);
break;
@@ -918,11 +919,32 @@ static inline const char *e820_type_to_string(int e820_type)
case E820_ACPI: return "ACPI Tables";
case E820_NVS: return "ACPI Non-volatile Storage";
case E820_UNUSABLE: return "Unusable memory";
- case E820_PRAM: return "Persistent RAM";
+ case E820_PRAM: return "Persistent Memory (legacy)";
+ case E820_PMEM: return "Persistent Memory";
default: return "reserved";
}
}
+static bool do_mark_busy(u32 type, struct resource *res)
+{
+ /* this is the legacy bios/dos rom-shadow + mmio region */
+ if (res->start < (1ULL<<20))
+ return true;
+
+ /*
+ * Treat persistent memory like device memory, i.e. reserve it
+ * for exclusive use of a driver
+ */
+ switch (type) {
+ case E820_RESERVED:
+ case E820_PRAM:
+ case E820_PMEM:
+ return false;
+ default:
+ return true;
+ }
+}
+
/*
* Mark e820 reserved areas as busy for the resource manager.
*/
@@ -952,9 +974,7 @@ void __init e820_reserve_resources(void)
* pci device BAR resource and insert them later in
* pcibios_resource_survey()
*/
- if (((e820.map[i].type != E820_RESERVED) &&
- (e820.map[i].type != E820_PRAM)) ||
- res->start < (1ULL<<20)) {
+ if (do_mark_busy(e820.map[i].type, res)) {
res->flags |= IORESOURCE_BUSY;
insert_resource(&iomem_resource, res);
}