This patch tracks the size freed. For now it does a simple rudimentary calculation of the ranges freed. The idea is to keep it simple at the external shell script level and send in large chunks for now.
Signed-off-by: Manish Ahuja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/phyp_dump.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) Index: 2.6.25-rc1/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/phyp_dump.c =================================================================== --- 2.6.25-rc1.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/phyp_dump.c 2008-02-28 23:36:47.000000000 -0600 +++ 2.6.25-rc1/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/phyp_dump.c 2008-02-28 23:36:49.000000000 -0600 @@ -262,6 +262,39 @@ void release_memory_range(unsigned long } } +/** + * track_freed_range -- Counts the range being freed. + * Once the counter goes to zero, it re-registers dump for + * future use. + */ +static void +track_freed_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long length) +{ + static unsigned long scratch_area_size, reserved_area_size; + + if (addr < phyp_dump_info->init_reserve_start) + return; + + if ((addr >= phyp_dump_info->init_reserve_start) && + (addr <= phyp_dump_info->init_reserve_start + + phyp_dump_info->init_reserve_size)) + reserved_area_size += length; + + if ((addr >= phyp_dump_info->reserved_scratch_addr) && + (addr <= phyp_dump_info->reserved_scratch_addr + + phyp_dump_info->reserved_scratch_size)) + scratch_area_size += length; + + if ((reserved_area_size == phyp_dump_info->init_reserve_size) && + (scratch_area_size == phyp_dump_info->reserved_scratch_size)) { + + invalidate_last_dump(&phdr, + phyp_dump_info->reserved_scratch_addr); + register_dump_area(&phdr, + phyp_dump_info->reserved_scratch_addr); + } +} + /* ------------------------------------------------- */ /** * sysfs_release_region -- sysfs interface to release memory range. @@ -286,6 +319,8 @@ static ssize_t store_release_region(stru if (ret != 2) return -EINVAL; + track_freed_range(start_addr, length); + /* Range-check - don't free any reserved memory that * wasn't reserved for phyp-dump */ if (start_addr < phyp_dump_info->init_reserve_start) _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev