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MIPS: bootmem: When relocatable, free memory below kernel
authorMatt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@imgtec.com>
Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:05:38 +0000 (10:05 +0100)
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Fri, 13 May 2016 12:02:03 +0000 (14:02 +0200)
commit61cd52d4e44d7d8c55dad939b1877fd39d7103a2
tree011f726da8bb6b807385d185c51ae9ff9331ab87
parentaf09ab5e3fa7b6e137b135325a2ca00d57b4aea2
MIPS: bootmem: When relocatable, free memory below kernel

The kernel reserves all memory before the _end symbol as bootmem,
however, once the kernel can be relocated elsewhere in memory this may
result in a large amount of wasted memory. The assumption is that the
memory between the link and relocated address of the kernel may be
released back to the available memory pool.

Memory statistics for a Malta with the kernel relocating by
16Mb, without the patch:
Memory: 105952K/131072K available (4604K kernel code, 242K rwdata,
892K rodata, 1280K init, 183K bss, 25120K reserved, 0K cma-reserved)
And with the patch:
Memory: 122336K/131072K available (4604K kernel code, 242K rwdata,
892K rodata, 1280K init, 183K bss, 8736K reserved, 0K cma-reserved)

The 16Mb offset is removed from the reserved region and added back to
the available region.

Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@imgtec.com>
Cc: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@nokia.com>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Cc: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@gmail.com>
Cc: Jaedon Shin <jaedon.shin@gmail.com>
Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Cc: Jonas Gorski <jogo@openwrt.org>
Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/12986/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
arch/mips/kernel/setup.c