arch/x86/boot/memory.c
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File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
arch/x86/boot/memory.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 3133 bytes
- Lines
- 124
- Domain
- Architecture Layer
- Bucket
- arch/x86
- Inferred role
- Architecture Layer: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.
- CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
boot.h
Detected Declarations
function detect_memory_e820function detect_memory_e801function detect_memory_88function detect_memory
Annotated Snippet
if (oreg.eax != SMAP) {
count = 0;
break;
}
*desc++ = buf;
count++;
} while (ireg.ebx && count < ARRAY_SIZE(boot_params.e820_table));
boot_params.e820_entries = count;
}
static void detect_memory_e801(void)
{
struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
initregs(&ireg);
ireg.ax = 0xe801;
intcall(0x15, &ireg, &oreg);
if (oreg.eflags & X86_EFLAGS_CF)
return;
/* Do we really need to do this? */
if (oreg.cx || oreg.dx) {
oreg.ax = oreg.cx;
oreg.bx = oreg.dx;
}
if (oreg.ax > 15*1024) {
return; /* Bogus! */
} else if (oreg.ax == 15*1024) {
boot_params.alt_mem_k = (oreg.bx << 6) + oreg.ax;
} else {
/*
* This ignores memory above 16MB if we have a memory
* hole there. If someone actually finds a machine
* with a memory hole at 16MB and no support for
* 0E820h they should probably generate a fake e820
* map.
*/
boot_params.alt_mem_k = oreg.ax;
}
}
static void detect_memory_88(void)
{
struct biosregs ireg, oreg;
initregs(&ireg);
ireg.ah = 0x88;
intcall(0x15, &ireg, &oreg);
boot_params.screen_info.ext_mem_k = oreg.ax;
}
void detect_memory(void)
{
detect_memory_e820();
detect_memory_e801();
detect_memory_88();
}
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `boot.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function detect_memory_e820`, `function detect_memory_e801`, `function detect_memory_88`, `function detect_memory`.
- Atlas domain: Architecture Layer / arch/x86.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.