ARM: Add arm_memblock_steal() to allocate memory away from the kernel

Several platforms are now using the memblock_alloc+memblock_free+
memblock_remove trick to obtain memory which won't be mapped in the
kernel's page tables.  Most platforms do this (correctly) in the
->reserve callback.  However, OMAP has started to call these functions
outside of this callback, and this is extremely unsafe - memory will
not be unmapped, and could well be given out after memblock is no
longer responsible for its management.

So, provide arm_memblock_steal() to perform this function, and ensure
that it panic()s if it is used inappropriately.  Convert everyone
over, including OMAP.

As a result, OMAP with OMAP4_ERRATA_I688 enabled will panic on boot
with this change.  Mark this option as BROKEN and make it depend on
BROKEN.  OMAP needs to be fixed, or 137d105d50 (ARM: OMAP4: Fix
errata i688 with MPU interconnect barriers.) reverted until such
time it can be fixed correctly.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
This commit is contained in:
Russell King
2012-01-13 15:00:51 +00:00
parent 4de3a8e101
commit 716a3dc200
9 changed files with 34 additions and 32 deletions

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@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
#include <asm/mach/arch.h>
#include <asm/mach/time.h>
#include <asm/mach/map.h>
#include <asm/memblock.h>
#include <mach/common.h>
#include <mach/hardware.h>
#include <mach/iomux-mx3.h>
@@ -680,10 +681,8 @@ struct sys_timer pcm037_timer = {
static void __init pcm037_reserve(void)
{
/* reserve 4 MiB for mx3-camera */
mx3_camera_base = memblock_alloc(MX3_CAMERA_BUF_SIZE,
mx3_camera_base = arm_memblock_steal(MX3_CAMERA_BUF_SIZE,
MX3_CAMERA_BUF_SIZE);
memblock_free(mx3_camera_base, MX3_CAMERA_BUF_SIZE);
memblock_remove(mx3_camera_base, MX3_CAMERA_BUF_SIZE);
}
MACHINE_START(PCM037, "Phytec Phycore pcm037")