[syslinux:firmware] movebits: Add SMT_TERMINAL - a last resort region type
syslinux-bot for Matt Fleming
matt.fleming at intel.com
Thu Jul 18 05:00:08 PDT 2013
Commit-ID: ba638fd9bf72b0c786c88909014136cfa641a147
Gitweb: http://www.syslinux.org/commit/ba638fd9bf72b0c786c88909014136cfa641a147
Author: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming at intel.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 22:16:11 +0100
Committer: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming at intel.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 18:29:16 +0100
movebits: Add SMT_TERMINAL - a last resort region type
Some memory regions are usable, but only as a last resort just before we
hand over control to a kernel image. Add the necessary movebits
infrastructure to use these regions when all other options have been
exhausted.
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming at intel.com>
---
com32/include/syslinux/movebits.h | 1 +
com32/lib/syslinux/movebits.c | 2 +-
com32/lib/syslinux/zonelist.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/com32/include/syslinux/movebits.h b/com32/include/syslinux/movebits.h
index feeab3a..d5c903a 100644
--- a/com32/include/syslinux/movebits.h
+++ b/com32/include/syslinux/movebits.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ enum syslinux_memmap_types {
SMT_RESERVED, /* Unusable memory */
SMT_ALLOC, /* Memory allocated by user */
SMT_ZERO, /* Memory that should be zeroed */
+ SMT_TERMINAL, /* Memory to be used as a last resort */
};
struct syslinux_memmap {
diff --git a/com32/lib/syslinux/movebits.c b/com32/lib/syslinux/movebits.c
index 7a05f3c..8ffdc63 100644
--- a/com32/lib/syslinux/movebits.c
+++ b/com32/lib/syslinux/movebits.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static const struct syslinux_memmap *is_free_zone(const struct syslinux_memmap
if (list->start <= start) {
if (llast >= last) {
/* Chunk has a single, well-defined type */
- if (list->type == SMT_FREE) {
+ if (list->type == SMT_FREE || list->type == SMT_TERMINAL) {
dprintf("F: 0x%08x bytes at 0x%08x\n",
list->next->start, list->start);
return list; /* It's free */
diff --git a/com32/lib/syslinux/zonelist.c b/com32/lib/syslinux/zonelist.c
index 7cd8364..a6de1d8 100644
--- a/com32/lib/syslinux/zonelist.c
+++ b/com32/lib/syslinux/zonelist.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ int syslinux_memmap_find(struct syslinux_memmap *mmap,
return 0;
type = syslinux_memmap_type(mmap, *base, size);
- if (type == SMT_FREE)
+ if (type == SMT_FREE || type == SMT_TERMINAL)
return 0;
if (!relocate) {
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