[External] Re: [PATCH] riscv: add a warning when physical memory address overflows

[Punit Agrawal]

Hi Palmer,

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>> On 14/08/2024 08:26, Yunhui Cui wrote:
>> > The part of physical memory that exceeds the size of the linear mapping
>> > will be discarded. When the system starts up normally, a warning message
>> > will be printed to prevent confusion caused by the mismatch between the
>> > system memory and the actual physical memory.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Yunhui Cui <cuiyunhui at bytedance.com>
>> > ---
>> >   arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 8 ++++++--
>> >   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
>> > index 52290c9bd04bd..c93164dc51658 100644
>> > --- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
>> > +++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
>> > @@ -236,8 +236,12 @@ static void __init setup_bootmem(void)
>> >        */
>> >       if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT)) {
>> >               max_mapped_addr = __pa(PAGE_OFFSET) + KERN_VIRT_SIZE;
>> > -             memblock_cap_memory_range(phys_ram_base,
>> > -                                       max_mapped_addr - phys_ram_base);
>> > +             if (memblock_end_of_DRAM() > max_mapped_addr) {
>> > +                     memblock_cap_memory_range(phys_ram_base,
>> > +                                               max_mapped_addr - phys_ram_base);
>> > +                     pr_warn("Physical memory overflows the linear mapping size: region above 0x%llx removed",
>> > +                             max_mapped_addr);
>> > +             }
>> >       }
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> A bit weird to review and test my own patch, but here it is anyway :)
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti at rivosinc.com>
>>
>> Tested-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti at rivosinc.com>

Looks like the patch has been ready for a while now. If there are no
further problems, can it be merged please?

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