[SeaBIOS] [PATCH v2 2/2] malloc: use large ZoneHigh when there is enough memory

Gerd Hoffmann posted 2 patches 3 years, 6 months ago
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[SeaBIOS] [PATCH v2 2/2] malloc: use large ZoneHigh when there is enough memory
Posted by Gerd Hoffmann 3 years, 6 months ago
In case there is enough memory installed use a large ZoneHigh.

Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
---
 src/config.h | 3 ++-
 src/malloc.c | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index 93c8dbc2d530..9abe355b6c47 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 // Maximum number of map entries in the e820 map
 #define BUILD_MAX_E820 32
 // Space to reserve in high-memory for tables
-#define BUILD_MAX_HIGHTABLE (256*1024)
+#define BUILD_MIN_HIGHTABLE (256*1024)
+#define BUILD_MAX_HIGHTABLE (16*1024*1024)
 // Largest supported externaly facing drive id
 #define BUILD_MAX_EXTDRIVE 16
 // Number of bytes the smbios may be and still live in the f-segment
diff --git a/src/malloc.c b/src/malloc.c
index 7fa50a85595b..553164d53a38 100644
--- a/src/malloc.c
+++ b/src/malloc.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ malloc_preinit(void)
 
     // Populate temp high ram
     u32 highram_start = 0;
-    u32 highram_size = BUILD_MAX_HIGHTABLE;
+    u32 highram_size = BUILD_MIN_HIGHTABLE;
     int i;
     for (i=e820_count-1; i>=0; i--) {
         struct e820entry *en = &e820_list[i];
@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ malloc_preinit(void)
             continue;
         u32 s = en->start, e = end;
         if (!highram_start) {
+            if (e > BUILD_MAX_HIGHTABLE * 16)
+                highram_size = BUILD_MAX_HIGHTABLE;
             u32 newe = ALIGN_DOWN(e - highram_size, MALLOC_MIN_ALIGN);
             if (newe <= e && newe >= s) {
                 highram_start = newe;
-- 
2.35.1

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[SeaBIOS] Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] malloc: use large ZoneHigh when there is enough memory
Posted by Kevin O'Connor 3 years, 6 months ago
On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 09:41:45AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> In case there is enough memory installed use a large ZoneHigh.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
> ---
>  src/config.h | 3 ++-
>  src/malloc.c | 4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
> index 93c8dbc2d530..9abe355b6c47 100644
> --- a/src/config.h
> +++ b/src/config.h
> @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
>  // Maximum number of map entries in the e820 map
>  #define BUILD_MAX_E820 32
>  // Space to reserve in high-memory for tables
> -#define BUILD_MAX_HIGHTABLE (256*1024)
> +#define BUILD_MIN_HIGHTABLE (256*1024)
> +#define BUILD_MAX_HIGHTABLE (16*1024*1024)
>  // Largest supported externaly facing drive id
>  #define BUILD_MAX_EXTDRIVE 16
>  // Number of bytes the smbios may be and still live in the f-segment
> diff --git a/src/malloc.c b/src/malloc.c
> index 7fa50a85595b..553164d53a38 100644
> --- a/src/malloc.c
> +++ b/src/malloc.c
> @@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ malloc_preinit(void)
>  
>      // Populate temp high ram
>      u32 highram_start = 0;
> -    u32 highram_size = BUILD_MAX_HIGHTABLE;
> +    u32 highram_size = BUILD_MIN_HIGHTABLE;
>      int i;
>      for (i=e820_count-1; i>=0; i--) {
>          struct e820entry *en = &e820_list[i];
> @@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ malloc_preinit(void)
>              continue;
>          u32 s = en->start, e = end;
>          if (!highram_start) {
> +            if (e > BUILD_MAX_HIGHTABLE * 16)
> +                highram_size = BUILD_MAX_HIGHTABLE;
>              u32 newe = ALIGN_DOWN(e - highram_size, MALLOC_MIN_ALIGN);
>              if (newe <= e && newe >= s) {
>                  highram_start = newe;

Thanks.  At a high-level, it looks fine.  However, I think the above
might introduce a corner case where a fragmented e820 might fail to
find any ZoneHigh.

Maybe something like the following instead:

             u32 newe = ALIGN_DOWN(e - BUILD_MIN_HIGHTABLE, MALLOC_MIN_ALIGN);
             if (newe <= e && newe >= s) {
                 if (newe - s >= 20*1024*1024) {
                     highram_size = 16*1024*1024;
                     newe -= highram_size - BUILD_MIN_HIGHTABLE;
                 }
                 highram_start = e = newe;
             }

-Kevin
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[SeaBIOS] Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] malloc: use large ZoneHigh when there is enough memory
Posted by Gerd Hoffmann 3 years, 6 months ago
> >          u32 s = en->start, e = end;
> >          if (!highram_start) {
> > +            if (e > BUILD_MAX_HIGHTABLE * 16)
> > +                highram_size = BUILD_MAX_HIGHTABLE;
> >              u32 newe = ALIGN_DOWN(e - highram_size, MALLOC_MIN_ALIGN);
> >              if (newe <= e && newe >= s) {
> >                  highram_start = newe;
> 
> Thanks.  At a high-level, it looks fine.  However, I think the above
> might introduce a corner case where a fragmented e820 might fail to
> find any ZoneHigh.

Looking at the size instead of the end address should fix that, i.e.

	if (e - s > BUILD_MAX_HIGHTABLE * 16)

(no difference for qemu because there is a single e820 ram region
with start=0 below 4G)

take care,
  Gerd

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