From: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>,
Avnish Chouhan <avnish@linux.ibm.com>,
Brian King <brking@linux.ibm.com>,
Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>,
Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/4] Documentation/powerpc/fadump: add additional parameter feature details
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:12:54 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250123114254.200527-5-sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250123114254.200527-1-sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
Update the fadump document to include details about the fadump
additional parameter feature.
The document includes the following:
- Significance of the feature
- How to use it
- Feature restrictions
No functional changes are introduced.
Cc: Avnish Chouhan <avnish@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Brian King <brking@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump | 3 ++-
.../arch/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump
index 2f9daa7ca55b..b64b7622e6fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump
@@ -55,4 +55,5 @@ Date: May 2024
Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Description: read/write
This is a special sysfs file available to setup additional
- parameters to be passed to capture kernel.
+ parameters to be passed to capture kernel. For HASH MMU it
+ is exported only if RMA size higher than 768MB.
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst b/Documentation/arch/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
index 7e37aadd1f77..7e266e749cd5 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
@@ -120,6 +120,28 @@ to ensure that crash data is preserved to process later.
e.g.
# echo 1 > /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/release_core
+-- Support for Additional Kernel Arguments in Fadump
+ Fadump has a feature that allows passing additional kernel arguments
+ to the fadump kernel. This feature was primarily designed to disable
+ kernel functionalities that are not required for the fadump kernel
+ and to reduce its memory footprint while collecting the dump.
+
+ Command to Add Additional Kernel Parameters to Fadump:
+ e.g.
+ # echo "nr_cpus=16" > /sys/kernel/fadump/bootargs_append
+
+ The above command is sufficient to add additional arguments to fadump.
+ An explicit service restart is not required.
+
+ Command to Retrieve the Additional Fadump Arguments:
+ e.g.
+ # cat /sys/kernel/fadump/bootargs_append
+
+Note: Additional kernel arguments for fadump with HASH MMU is only
+ supported if the RMA size is greater than 768 MB. If the RMA
+ size is less than 768 MB, the kernel does not export the
+ /sys/kernel/fadump/bootargs_append sysfs node.
+
Implementation details:
-----------------------
--
2.48.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-01-23 11:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-01-23 11:42 [PATCH v3 0/4] powerpc: increase MIN RMA size for CAS negotiation Sourabh Jain
2025-01-23 11:42 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] powerpc: export MIN RMA size Sourabh Jain
2025-01-23 11:42 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] powerpc/fadump: fix additional param memory reservation for HASH MMU Sourabh Jain
2025-02-10 7:18 ` Hari Bathini
2025-02-11 3:49 ` Sourabh Jain
2025-01-23 11:42 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] powerpc: increase MIN RMA size for CAS negotiation Sourabh Jain
2025-01-23 11:42 ` Sourabh Jain [this message]
2025-01-26 12:01 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] Documentation/powerpc/fadump: add additional parameter feature details Mahesh J Salgaonkar
2025-01-27 3:25 ` Sourabh Jain
2025-02-10 7:16 ` Hari Bathini
2025-02-17 7:28 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] powerpc: increase MIN RMA size for CAS negotiation Madhavan Srinivasan
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