[PATCH kexec-tools 12/32] kexec: add helper to exlude a region from a set of memory ranges

Russell King rmk at arm.linux.org.uk
Tue May 3 03:22:05 PDT 2016


Add a helper to exclude a region from a set of memory ranges.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk at arm.linux.org.uk>
---
 kexec/mem_regions.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kexec/mem_regions.h |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kexec/mem_regions.c b/kexec/mem_regions.c
index 804984a..c6ba942 100644
--- a/kexec/mem_regions.c
+++ b/kexec/mem_regions.c
@@ -29,6 +29,61 @@ void mem_regions_sort(struct memory_ranges *ranges)
 }
 
 /**
+ * mem_regions_exclude() - excludes a memory region from a set of memory ranges
+ * @ranges: memory ranges to exclude the region from
+ * @range: memory range to exclude
+ *
+ * Exclude a memory region from a set of memory ranges.  We assume that
+ * the region to be excluded is either wholely located within one of the
+ * memory ranges, or not at all.
+ */
+int mem_regions_exclude(struct memory_ranges *ranges,
+			const struct memory_range *range)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ranges->size; i++) {
+		struct memory_range *r = ranges->ranges + i;
+
+		/*
+		 * We assume that crash area is fully contained in
+		 * some larger memory area.
+		 */
+		if (r->start <= range->start && r->end >= range->end) {
+			if (r->start == range->start) {
+				/* Shrink the start of this memory range */
+				r->start = range->end + 1;
+			} else if (r->end == range->end) {
+				/* Shrink the end of this memory range */
+				r->end = range->start - 1;
+			} else {
+				struct memory_range *new;
+
+				/*
+				 * Split this area into 2 smaller ones and
+				 * remove excluded range from between. First
+				 * create new entry for the remaining area.
+				 */
+				if (ranges->size >= ranges->max_size)
+					return -1;
+
+				new = ranges->ranges + ranges->size++;
+				new->start = range->end + 1;
+				new->end = r->end;
+
+				/*
+				 * Update this area to end before excluded
+				 * range.
+				 */
+				r->end = range->start - 1;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
  * mem_regions_add() - add a memory region to a set of ranges
  * @ranges: ranges to add the memory region to
  * @max: maximum number of entries in memory region
diff --git a/kexec/mem_regions.h b/kexec/mem_regions.h
index da7b5e8..ae9e972 100644
--- a/kexec/mem_regions.h
+++ b/kexec/mem_regions.h
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 #define MEM_REGIONS_H
 
 struct memory_ranges;
+struct memory_range;
 
 void mem_regions_sort(struct memory_ranges *ranges);
 
+int mem_regions_exclude(struct memory_ranges *ranges,
+			const struct memory_range *range);
+
 int mem_regions_add(struct memory_ranges *ranges, unsigned long long base,
                     unsigned long long length, int type);
 
-- 
1.9.1




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