# This is a simple script that checks the contents of /proc/mtrr to see if # the BIOS maker for the computer took the easy way out in terms of # specifying memory regions when there is a hole below 4GB for PCI access # and the machine has 4GB or more of RAM. When the contents of /proc/mtrr # show a 4GB mapping of write-back cached RAM, minus punch out hole(s) of # uncacheable regions (the area reserved for PCI access), then it becomes # impossible for the ib_ipath driver to set write_combining on its PIO # buffers. To correct the problem, remap the lower memory region in various # chunks up to the start of the punch out hole(s), then delete the punch out # hole(s) entirely as they aren't needed any more. That way, ib_ipath will # be able to set write_combining on its PIO memory access region. BEGIN { regs = 0 } function check_base(mem) { printf "Base memory data: base=0x%08x, size=0x%x\n", base[mem], size[mem] > "/dev/stderr" if (size[mem] < (512 * 1024 * 1024)) return 0 if (type[mem] != "write-back") return 0 if (base[mem] >= (4 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)) return 0 return 1 } function check_hole(hole) { printf "Hole data: base=0x%08x, size=0x%x\n", base[hole], size[hole] > "/dev/stderr" if (size[hole] > (1 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)) return 0 if (type[hole] != "uncachable") return 0 if ((base[hole] + size[hole]) > (4 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)) return 0 return 1 } function build_entries(start, end, new_base, new_size, tmp_base) { # mtrr registers require alignment of blocks, so a 256MB chunk must # be 256MB aligned. Additionally, all blocks must be a power of 2 # in size. So, do the largest power of two size that we can and # still have start + block <= end, rinse and repeat. tmp_base = start do { new_base = tmp_base new_size = 4096 while (((new_base + new_size) < end) && ((new_base % new_size) == 0)) new_size = lshift(new_size, 1) if (((new_base + new_size) > end) || ((new_base % new_size) != 0)) new_size = rshift(new_size, 1) printf "base=0x%x size=0x%x type=%s\n", new_base, new_size, type[mem] > "/dev/stderr" printf "base=0x%x size=0x%x type=%s\n", new_base, new_size, type[mem] > "/proc/mtrr" fflush("") tmp_base = new_base + new_size } while (tmp_base < end) } { gsub("^reg", "") gsub(": base=", " ") gsub(" [(].*), size=", " ") gsub(": ", " ") gsub(", count=.*$", "") register[regs] = strtonum($1) base[regs] = strtonum($2) size[regs] = strtonum($3) human_size[regs] = size[regs] if (match($3, "MB")) { size[regs] *= 1024*1024; mult[regs] = "MB" } else { size[regs] *= 1024; mult[regs] = "KB" } type[regs] = $4 enabled[regs] = 1 end[regs] = base[regs] + size[regs] regs++ } END { # First we need to find our base memory region. We only care about # the memory register that starts at base 0. This is the only one # that we can reliably know is our global memory region, and the # only one that we can reliably check against overlaps. It's entirely # possible that any memory region not starting at 0 and having an # overlap with another memory region is in fact intentional and we # shouldn't touch it. for(i=0; i "/dev/stderr" exit 1 } printf "Found %d punch-out holes\n", cur_hole > "/dev/stderr" # We need to sort the holes according to base address for(j = 0; j < cur_hole - 1; j++) { for(i = cur_hole - 1; i > j; i--) { if(base[holes[i]] < base[holes[i-1]]) { tmp = holes[i] holes[i] = holes[i-1] holes[i-1] = tmp } } } # OK, the common case would be that the BIOS is mapping holes out # of the 4GB memory range, and that our hole(s) are consecutive and # that our holes and our memory region end at the same place. However, # things like machines with 8GB of RAM or more can foul up these # common traits. # # So, our modus operandi is to disable all of the memory/hole regions # to start, then build new base memory zones that in the end add # up to the same as our original zone minus the holes. We know that # we will never have a hole listed here that belongs to a valid # hole punched in a write-combining memory region because you can't # overlay write-combining on top of write-back and we know our base # memory region is write-back, so in order for this hole to overlap # our base memory region it can't be also overlapping a write-combining # region. printf "disable=%d\n", register[mem] > "/dev/stderr" printf "disable=%d\n", register[mem] > "/proc/mtrr" fflush("") enabled[mem] = 0 for(i=0; i < cur_hole; i++) { printf "disable=%d\n", register[holes[i]] > "/dev/stderr" printf "disable=%d\n", register[holes[i]] > "/proc/mtrr" fflush("") enabled[holes[i]] = 0 } build_entries(base[mem], base[holes[0]]) for(i=0; i < cur_hole - 1; i++) if (base[holes[i+1]] > end[holes[i]]) build_entries(end[holes[i]], base[holes[i+1]]) if (end[mem] > end[holes[i]]) build_entries(end[holes[i]], end[mem]) # We changed up the mtrr regs, so signal to the rdma script to # reload modules that need the mtrr regs to be right. exit 0 }