Thanks for this, 

If memory is marked as reserved by HobList then gDS->AddMemorySpace will return 
 error 15. No ? 

Regards
Udit


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sakar Arora [mailto:sakar.ar...@arm.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 4:51 PM
> To: Udit Kumar <udit.ku...@nxp.com>; Meenakshi Aggarwal
> <meenakshi.aggar...@nxp.com>; edk2-devel@lists.01.org;
> leif.lindh...@linaro.org; ard.biesheu...@linaro.org
> Subject: RE: [edk2] [PATCH v2] PeiLib : Inform UEFI memory to Linux
> 
> You could use the DXE services method gDS->AddMemorySpace to add this
> memory space to the global gMemoryMap. This is the memory map linux efi
> stub reads to get information about all the available system memory.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sakar
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Udit Kumar [mailto:udit.ku...@nxp.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 3:41 PM
> To: Sakar Arora <sakar.ar...@arm.com>; Meenakshi Aggarwal
> <meenakshi.aggar...@nxp.com>; edk2-devel@lists.01.org;
> leif.lindh...@linaro.org; ard.biesheu...@linaro.org
> Subject: RE: [edk2] [PATCH v2] PeiLib : Inform UEFI memory to Linux
> 
> Thanks Sakar,
> I am wondering, how we can add this memory before OS,  please suggest.
> I guess, we cannot add in HobList when we are in DXE or BDS.
> 
> Regards
> Udit
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-boun...@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of
> > Sakar Arora
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 1:37 PM
> > To: Meenakshi Aggarwal <meenakshi.aggar...@nxp.com>; edk2-
> > de...@lists.01.org; leif.lindh...@linaro.org;
> > ard.biesheu...@linaro.org
> > Subject: Re: [edk2] [PATCH v2] PeiLib : Inform UEFI memory to Linux
> >
> > This change will create the possibility for memory space holding the
> > UEFI image to be over-written by the DXE core code, since this space
> > will then be available for allocation. Any such change, if required,
> > should be done just before booting the OS.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-boun...@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of
> > Meenakshi Aggarwal
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 6:02 PM
> > To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org; leif.lindh...@linaro.org;
> > ard.biesheu...@linaro.org
> > Subject: [edk2] [PATCH v2] PeiLib : Inform UEFI memory to Linux
> >
> > While creating Hob list, ArmPlatformPkg is hiding UEFI memory.
> > whereas this memory can be used by OS.
> >
> > This patch, allows OS to use UEFI code area.
> >
> > Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
> > Signed-off-by: Udit Kumar <udit.ku...@nxp.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Meenakshi Aggarwal <meenakshi.aggar...@nxp.com>
> > ---
> >  ArmPlatformPkg/MemoryInitPei/MemoryInitPeiLib.c | 69
> > -------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 69 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/ArmPlatformPkg/MemoryInitPei/MemoryInitPeiLib.c
> > b/ArmPlatformPkg/MemoryInitPei/MemoryInitPeiLib.c
> > index 2feb11f..d03214b 100644
> > --- a/ArmPlatformPkg/MemoryInitPei/MemoryInitPeiLib.c
> > +++ b/ArmPlatformPkg/MemoryInitPei/MemoryInitPeiLib.c
> > @@ -70,11 +70,7 @@ MemoryPeim (
> >  {
> >    ARM_MEMORY_REGION_DESCRIPTOR *MemoryTable;
> >    EFI_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE  ResourceAttributes;
> > -  UINT64                       ResourceLength;
> >    EFI_PEI_HOB_POINTERS         NextHob;
> > -  EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS         FdTop;
> > -  EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS         SystemMemoryTop;
> > -  EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS         ResourceTop;
> >    BOOLEAN                      Found;
> >
> >    // Get Virtual Memory Map from the Platform Library @@ -121,71
> > +117,6 @@ MemoryPeim (
> >      );
> >    }
> >
> > -  //
> > -  // Reserved the memory space occupied by the firmware volume
> > -  //
> > -
> > -  SystemMemoryTop = (EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS)PcdGet64
> > (PcdSystemMemoryBase) + (EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS)PcdGet64
> > (PcdSystemMemorySize);
> > -  FdTop = (EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS)PcdGet64 (PcdFdBaseAddress) +
> > (EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS)PcdGet32 (PcdFdSize);
> > -
> > -  // EDK2 does not have the concept of boot firmware copied into
> > DRAM. To avoid the DXE
> > -  // core to overwrite this area we must mark the region with the
> > attribute non- present
> > -  if ((PcdGet64 (PcdFdBaseAddress) >= PcdGet64 (PcdSystemMemoryBase))
> > && (FdTop <= SystemMemoryTop)) {
> > -    Found = FALSE;
> > -
> > -    // Search for System Memory Hob that contains the firmware
> > -    NextHob.Raw = GetHobList ();
> > -    while ((NextHob.Raw = GetNextHob
> > (EFI_HOB_TYPE_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR, NextHob.Raw)) != NULL) {
> > -      if ((NextHob.ResourceDescriptor->ResourceType ==
> > EFI_RESOURCE_SYSTEM_MEMORY) &&
> > -          (PcdGet64 (PcdFdBaseAddress) >= NextHob.ResourceDescriptor-
> > >PhysicalStart) &&
> > -          (FdTop <= NextHob.ResourceDescriptor->PhysicalStart +
> > NextHob.ResourceDescriptor->ResourceLength))
> > -      {
> > -        ResourceAttributes = NextHob.ResourceDescriptor->ResourceAttribute;
> > -        ResourceLength = NextHob.ResourceDescriptor->ResourceLength;
> > -        ResourceTop = NextHob.ResourceDescriptor->PhysicalStart +
> > ResourceLength;
> > -
> > -        if (PcdGet64 (PcdFdBaseAddress) == NextHob.ResourceDescriptor-
> > >PhysicalStart) {
> > -          if (SystemMemoryTop == FdTop) {
> > -            NextHob.ResourceDescriptor->ResourceAttribute = 
> > ResourceAttributes
> > & ~EFI_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_PRESENT;
> > -          } else {
> > -            // Create the System Memory HOB for the firmware with the non-
> > present attribute
> > -            BuildResourceDescriptorHob (EFI_RESOURCE_SYSTEM_MEMORY,
> > -                                        ResourceAttributes &
> > ~EFI_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_PRESENT,
> > -                                        PcdGet64 (PcdFdBaseAddress),
> > -                                        PcdGet32 (PcdFdSize));
> > -
> > -            // Top of the FD is system memory available for UEFI
> > -            NextHob.ResourceDescriptor->PhysicalStart += 
> > PcdGet32(PcdFdSize);
> > -            NextHob.ResourceDescriptor->ResourceLength -=
> PcdGet32(PcdFdSize);
> > -          }
> > -        } else {
> > -          // Create the System Memory HOB for the firmware with the non-
> present
> > attribute
> > -          BuildResourceDescriptorHob (EFI_RESOURCE_SYSTEM_MEMORY,
> > -                                      ResourceAttributes &
> > ~EFI_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_PRESENT,
> > -                                      PcdGet64 (PcdFdBaseAddress),
> > -                                      PcdGet32 (PcdFdSize));
> > -
> > -          // Update the HOB
> > -          NextHob.ResourceDescriptor->ResourceLength = PcdGet64
> > (PcdFdBaseAddress) - NextHob.ResourceDescriptor->PhysicalStart;
> > -
> > -          // If there is some memory available on the top of the FD then 
> > create a
> > HOB
> > -          if (FdTop < NextHob.ResourceDescriptor->PhysicalStart +
> > ResourceLength) {
> > -            // Create the System Memory HOB for the remaining region (top 
> > of the
> > FD)
> > -            BuildResourceDescriptorHob (EFI_RESOURCE_SYSTEM_MEMORY,
> > -                                        ResourceAttributes,
> > -                                        FdTop,
> > -                                        ResourceTop - FdTop);
> > -          }
> > -        }
> > -        Found = TRUE;
> > -        break;
> > -      }
> > -      NextHob.Raw = GET_NEXT_HOB (NextHob);
> > -    }
> > -
> > -    ASSERT(Found);
> > -  }
> > -
> >    // Build Memory Allocation Hob
> >    InitMmu (MemoryTable);
> >
> > --
> > 1.9.1
> >
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