x86/setup: Remove CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW and reservelow= options

The CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW build time and reservelow= command line option
allowed to control the amount of memory under 1M that would be reserved at
boot to avoid using memory that can be potentially clobbered by BIOS.

Since the entire range under 1M is always reserved there is no need for
these options anymore and they can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index cb89dbdedc46381114cf94594d0fff68bf86e0a4..d7d813032c5130bfa4cd884c1ba5d4f6fb201b01 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4775,11 +4775,6 @@
                        Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
                        address space.
 
-       reservelow=     [X86]
-                       Format: nn[K]
-                       Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
-                       the bottom of the address space.
-
        reset_devices   [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
                        during initialization.
 

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 0045e1b44190213e75a098390f18271c851d86ec..86dae426798b7b693ce589c9cd1edf43b9ecb160 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1693,35 +1693,6 @@ config X86_BOOTPARAM_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_CHECK
          Set whether the default state of memory_corruption_check is
          on or off.
 
-config X86_RESERVE_LOW
-       int "Amount of low memory, in kilobytes, to reserve for the BIOS"
-       default 64
-       range 4 640
-       help
-         Specify the amount of low memory to reserve for the BIOS.
-
-         The first page contains BIOS data structures that the kernel
-         must not use, so that page must always be reserved.
-
-         By default we reserve the first 64K of physical RAM, as a
-         number of BIOSes are known to corrupt that memory range
-         during events such as suspend/resume or monitor cable
-         insertion, so it must not be used by the kernel.
-
-         You can set this to 4 if you are absolutely sure that you
-         trust the BIOS to get all its memory reservations and usages
-         right.  If you know your BIOS have problems beyond the
-         default 64K area, you can set this to 640 to avoid using the
-         entire low memory range.
-
-         If you have doubts about the BIOS (e.g. suspend/resume does
-         not work or there's kernel crashes after certain hardware
-         hotplug events) then you might want to enable
-         X86_CHECK_BIOS_CORRUPTION=y to allow the kernel to check
-         typical corruption patterns.
-
-         Leave this to the default value of 64 if you are unsure.
-
 config MATH_EMULATION
        bool
        depends on MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 1e720626069a35ef10ca880855ef6e6293808850..7638ac6c3d80a45144b9381f7c16fe8714060523 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -695,30 +695,6 @@ static void __init e820_add_kernel_range(void)
        e820__range_add(start, size, E820_TYPE_RAM);
 }
 
-static unsigned reserve_low = CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW << 10;
-
-static int __init parse_reservelow(char *p)
-{
-       unsigned long long size;
-
-       if (!p)
-               return -EINVAL;
-
-       size = memparse(p, &p);
-
-       if (size < 4096)
-               size = 4096;
-
-       if (size > 640*1024)
-               size = 640*1024;
-
-       reserve_low = size;
-
-       return 0;
-}
-
-early_param("reservelow", parse_reservelow);
-
 static void __init early_reserve_memory(void)
 {
        /*