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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@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <mach/hardware.h>
#include <asm/mach-types.h>
#include <asm/mach/map.h>
#include <asm/memblock.h>
#include <plat/tc.h>
#include <plat/board.h>
@@ -164,14 +165,12 @@ void __init omap_dsp_reserve_sdram_memblock(void)
if (!size)
return;
paddr = memblock_alloc(size, SZ_1M);
paddr = arm_memblock_steal(size, SZ_1M);
if (!paddr) {
pr_err("%s: failed to reserve %x bytes\n",
__func__, size);
return;
}
memblock_free(paddr, size);
memblock_remove(paddr, size);
omap_dsp_phys_mempool_base = paddr;
}