Re: [PATCH v8 00/10] ppc64: Restrict memory allocations for kernel and initrd

[Daniel Kiper]

On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 09:17:14AM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> This series of patches converts the PowerPC ieee1275 memory allocator
> for kernel and initrd to use the (PowerPC) regions_claim memory allocator
> that takes into account memory regions that are not allowed to be used,
> such as the gap between 640MB and 768MB as well as memory regions beyond
> an address in case an fadump is present. Otherwise those two could be
> loaded into restricted memory regions and either cause a crash or
> corruption of the fadump.
>
> I adjusted the kernel and initrd load in loader/powerpc/ieee1275 to use
> the new memory allocator only on PowerVM and PowerKVM since this code is
> shared with other platforms, such as old PowerMACs and i386.

For the patches which do not have my RB Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper 
<daniel.kiper@oracle.com>...

I will merge these patches next week.

Thanks,

Daniel