在伙伴系统和slab初始化完成之前,系统启动时,通过memblock模块来分配和管理内存.
memblock提供的主要接口:
memblock_add(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size):向memory区中添加内存区域.
memblock_remove(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size):向memory区中删除区域.
memblock_free(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size):释放内存.
memblock_alloc(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t align):申请内存
1. 添加内存到memblock
系统启动时,扫描fdt里面memory node,把所有内存块添加到memblock
start_kernel->setup_arch->setup_machine_fdt->early_init_dt_scan->early_init_dt_scan_nodes->early_init_dt_scan_memory
->early_init_dt_add_memory_arch->memblock_add//最终所有内存添加到memblock.
2. 标记保留内存
start_kernel->setup_arch->arm64_memblock_init->early_init_fdt_scan_reserved_mem->__fdt_scan_reserved_mem/fdt_init_reserved_mem:在dts中把保存内存定义在reserved-memory的node中,对应驱动中添加RESERVEDMEM_OF_DECLARE声明
内核代码本身占用内存,DMA内存,通过memblock_alloc分配且还没有是否的内存,都通过memblock_reserve函数标记为保留内存.
memblock模块定义了一个全局变量memblock,其中有两个变量对应可用内存和保留内存
struct memblock_type {
unsigned long cnt; /* number of regions */
unsigned long max; /* size of the allocated array */
phys_addr_t total_size; /* size of all regions */
struct memblock_region *regions;//一个内存区
};
struct memblock {
struct memblock_type memory;//可用内存区
struct memblock_type reserved;//保留内存区
};
3. memblock对bootmem的兼容
nobootmem.c文件实现了对memblock操作API的封装,这样保持对bootmem接口兼容性.