[PATCH -next v8 0/2] support allocating crashkernel above 4G explicitly on riscv

[PATCH -next v8 0/2] support allocating crashkernel above 4G explicitly on riscv

[Chen Jiahao]

On riscv, the current crash kernel allocation logic is trying to
allocate within 32bit addressible memory region by default, if
failed, try to allocate without 4G restriction.

In need of saving DMA zone memory while allocating a relatively large
crash kernel region, allocating the reserved memory top down in
high memory, without overlapping the DMA zone, is a mature solution.
Hence this patchset introduces the parameter option crashkernel=X,[high,low].

One can reserve the crash kernel from high memory above DMA zone range
by explicitly passing "crashkernel=X,high"; or reserve a memory range
below 4G with "crashkernel=X,low". Besides, there are few rules need
to take notice:
1. "crashkernel=X,[high,low]" will be ignored if "crashkernel=size"
   is specified.
2. "crashkernel=X,low" is valid only when "crashkernel=X,high" is passed
   and there is enough memory to be allocated under 4G.
3. When allocating crashkernel above 4G and no "crashkernel=X,low" is
   specified, a 128M low memory will be allocated automatically for
   swiotlb bounce buffer.
See Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt for more information.

To verify loading the crashkernel, adapted kexec-tools is attached below:
https://github.com/chenjh005/kexec-tools/tree/build-test-riscv-v2

Following test cases have been performed as expected:
1) crashkernel=256M                          //low=256M
2) crashkernel=1G                            //low=1G
3) crashkernel=4G                            //high=4G, low=128M(default)
4) crashkernel=4G crashkernel=256M,high      //high=4G, low=128M(default), high is ignored
5) crashkernel=4G crashkernel=256M,low       //high=4G, low=128M(default), low is ignored
6) crashkernel=4G,high                       //high=4G, low=128M(default)
7) crashkernel=256M,low                      //low=0M, invalid
8) crashkernel=4G,high crashkernel=256M,low  //high=4G, low=256M
9) crashkernel=4G,high crashkernel=4G,low    //high=0M, low=0M, invalid
10) crashkernel=512M@0xd0000000              //low=512M
11) crashkernel=1G,high crashkernel=0M,low   //high=1G, low=0M

Changes since [v8]:
1. Rebase to newest mainline head, not modifying any code logic.

Changes since [v7]:
1. Minor refactor: move crash_low_size = DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE
   into the !high branch when the first allocation fails. Not changing
   the result but further align with Arm64 logic, refer to Baoquan's
   comment.
2. Add test case "crashkernel=1G,high crashkernel=0M,low", the result
   also matches our expectation.

Changes since [v6]:
1. Introduce the "high" flag to mark whether "crashkernel=X,high"
   is passed. Fix the retrying logic between "crashkernel=X,high"
   case and others when the first allocation attempt fails.

Changes since [v5]:
1. Update the crashkernel allocation logic when crashkernel=X,high
   is specified. In this case, region above 4G will directly get
   reserved as crashkernel, rather than trying lower 32bit allocation
   first.

Changes since [v4]:
1. Update some imprecise code comments for cmdline parsing.

Changes since [v3]:
1. Update to print warning and return explicitly on failure when
   crashkernel=size@offset is specified. Not changing the result
   in this case but making the logic more straightforward.
2. Some minor cleanup.

Changes since [v2]:
1. Update the allocation logic to ensure the high crashkernel
   region is reserved strictly above dma32_phys_limit.
2. Clean up some minor format problems.

Chen Jiahao (2):
  riscv: kdump: Implement crashkernel=X,[high,low]
  docs: kdump: Update the crashkernel description for riscv

 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         | 15 +--
 arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c                     |  5 +
 arch/riscv/mm/init.c                          | 93 +++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

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[PATCH -next v8 1/2] riscv: kdump: Implement crashkernel=X,[high,low]

[Chen Jiahao]

On riscv, the current crash kernel allocation logic is trying to
allocate within 32bit addressible memory region by default, if
failed, try to allocate without 4G restriction.

In need of saving DMA zone memory while allocating a relatively large
crash kernel region, allocating the reserved memory top down in
high memory, without overlapping the DMA zone, is a mature solution.
Here introduce the parameter option crashkernel=X,[high,low].

One can reserve the crash kernel from high memory above DMA zone range
by explicitly passing "crashkernel=X,high"; or reserve a memory range
below 4G with "crashkernel=X,low".

Signed-off-by: Chen Jiahao <chenjiahao16@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
---
 arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c |  5 +++
 arch/riscv/mm/init.c      | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
index 971fe776e2f8..376f5d49ce85 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ static void __init init_resources(void)
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto error;
 	}
+	if (crashk_low_res.start != crashk_low_res.end) {
+		ret = add_resource(&iomem_resource, &crashk_low_res);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto error;
+	}
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index 9ce504737d18..156e09a1ceee 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -1297,6 +1297,28 @@ static inline void setup_vm_final(void)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
+/* Reserve 128M low memory by default for swiotlb buffer */
+#define DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE	(128UL << 20)
+
+static int __init reserve_crashkernel_low(unsigned long long low_size)
+{
+	unsigned long long low_base;
+
+	low_base = memblock_phys_alloc_range(low_size, PMD_SIZE, 0, dma32_phys_limit);
+	if (!low_base) {
+		pr_err("cannot allocate crashkernel low memory (size:0x%llx).\n", low_size);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	pr_info("crashkernel low memory reserved: 0x%016llx - 0x%016llx (%lld MB)\n",
+		low_base, low_base + low_size, low_size >> 20);
+
+	crashk_low_res.start = low_base;
+	crashk_low_res.end = low_base + low_size - 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * reserve_crashkernel() - reserves memory for crash kernel
  *
@@ -1308,8 +1330,12 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
 {
 	unsigned long long crash_base = 0;
 	unsigned long long crash_size = 0;
+	unsigned long long crash_low_size = 0;
 	unsigned long search_start = memblock_start_of_DRAM();
-	unsigned long search_end = memblock_end_of_DRAM();
+	unsigned long search_end = (unsigned long)dma32_phys_limit;
+	char *cmdline = boot_command_line;
+	bool fixed_base = false;
+	bool high = false;
 
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -1325,14 +1351,36 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	ret = parse_crashkernel(boot_command_line, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
+	ret = parse_crashkernel(cmdline, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
 				&crash_size, &crash_base);
-	if (ret || !crash_size)
+	if (ret == -ENOENT) {
+		/* Fallback to crashkernel=X,[high,low] */
+		ret = parse_crashkernel_high(cmdline, 0, &crash_size, &crash_base);
+		if (ret || !crash_size)
+			return;
+
+		/*
+		 * crashkernel=Y,low is valid only when crashkernel=X,high
+		 * is passed.
+		 */
+		ret = parse_crashkernel_low(cmdline, 0, &crash_low_size, &crash_base);
+		if (ret == -ENOENT)
+			crash_low_size = DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE;
+		else if (ret)
+			return;
+
+		search_start = (unsigned long)dma32_phys_limit;
+		search_end = memblock_end_of_DRAM();
+		high = true;
+	} else if (ret || !crash_size) {
+		/* Invalid argument value specified */
 		return;
+	}
 
 	crash_size = PAGE_ALIGN(crash_size);
 
 	if (crash_base) {
+		fixed_base = true;
 		search_start = crash_base;
 		search_end = crash_base + crash_size;
 	}
@@ -1345,12 +1393,37 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
 	 * swiotlb can work on the crash kernel.
 	 */
 	crash_base = memblock_phys_alloc_range(crash_size, PMD_SIZE,
-					       search_start,
-					       min(search_end, (unsigned long)(SZ_4G - 1)));
+					       search_start, search_end);
 	if (crash_base == 0) {
-		/* Try again without restricting region to 32bit addressible memory */
+		/*
+		 * For crashkernel=size[KMG]@offset[KMG], print out failure
+		 * message if can't reserve the specified region.
+		 */
+		if (fixed_base) {
+			pr_warn("crashkernel: allocating failed with given size@offset\n");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (high) {
+			/*
+			 * For crashkernel=size[KMG],high, if the first attempt was
+			 * for high memory, fall back to low memory.
+			 */
+			search_start = memblock_start_of_DRAM();
+			search_end = (unsigned long)dma32_phys_limit;
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * For crashkernel=size[KMG], if the first attempt was for
+			 * low memory, fall back to high memory, the minimum required
+			 * low memory will be reserved later.
+			 */
+			search_start = (unsigned long)dma32_phys_limit;
+			search_end = memblock_end_of_DRAM();
+			crash_low_size = DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE;
+		}
+
 		crash_base = memblock_phys_alloc_range(crash_size, PMD_SIZE,
-						search_start, search_end);
+						       search_start, search_end);
 		if (crash_base == 0) {
 			pr_warn("crashkernel: couldn't allocate %lldKB\n",
 				crash_size >> 10);
@@ -1358,6 +1431,12 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if ((crash_base >= dma32_phys_limit) && crash_low_size &&
+	     reserve_crashkernel_low(crash_low_size)) {
+		memblock_phys_free(crash_base, crash_size);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	pr_info("crashkernel: reserved 0x%016llx - 0x%016llx (%lld MB)\n",
 		crash_base, crash_base + crash_size, crash_size >> 20);
 
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[PATCH -next v8 2/2] docs: kdump: Update the crashkernel description for riscv

[Chen Jiahao]

Now "crashkernel=" parameter on riscv has been updated to support
crashkernel=X,[high,low]. Through which we can reserve memory region
above/within 32bit addressible DMA zone.

Here update the parameter description accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Chen Jiahao <chenjiahao16@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index d3e762b3ad01..275cf32e9919 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@
 			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
 			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
 			is selected automatically.
-			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] Select a region under 4G first, and
+			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV] Select a region under 4G first, and
 			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
 			hasn't been specified.
 			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
@@ -875,14 +875,14 @@
 			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
 
 	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
-			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
-			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
-			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
-			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
-			available.
+			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV] range could be above 4G.
+			Allow kernel to allocate physical memory region from top,
+			so could be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram
+			installed. Otherwise memory region will be allocated
+			below 4G, if available.
 			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
 	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
-			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
+			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
 			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
 			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
 			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
@@ -893,6 +893,7 @@
 			size is	platform dependent.
 			  --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
 			  --> arm64: 128MiB
+			  --> riscv: 128MiB
 			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
 			for second kernel instead.
 			0: to disable low allocation.
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Re: [PATCH -next v8 0/2] support allocating crashkernel above 4G explicitly on riscv

[Conor Dooley]

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Hey,

Your $subject says -next, but the patch failed to apply to
riscv/for-next. What was the base for this patchset?

Thanks,
Conor.

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Re: [PATCH -next v8 0/2] support allocating crashkernel above 4G explicitly on riscv

[chenjiahao (C)]

On 2023/7/26 5:48, Conor Dooley wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Your $subject says -next, but the patch failed to apply to
> riscv/for-next. What was the base for this patchset?
>
> Thanks,
> Conor.

Hi,

My patchset was tested on current linux-next HEAD
(commit ID: 1e25dd777248, tag: next-20230725) and
it seems all ok.

Could you try applying with the base above, or
is there any problem with that base?

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Re: [PATCH -next v8 0/2] support allocating crashkernel above 4G explicitly on riscv

[Conor Dooley]

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On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 10:20:00AM +0800, chenjiahao (C) wrote:
> 
> On 2023/7/26 5:48, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > Hey,
> > 
> > Your $subject says -next, but the patch failed to apply to
> > riscv/for-next. What was the base for this patchset?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Conor.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My patchset was tested on current linux-next HEAD
> (commit ID: 1e25dd777248, tag: next-20230725) and
> it seems all ok.

> Could you try applying with the base above, or
> is there any problem with that base?

There's some difference between linux-next and riscv/for-next that
prevents the patchwork automation from applying the patches.

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Re: [PATCH -next v8 0/2] support allocating crashkernel above 4G explicitly on riscv

[chenjiahao (C)]

On 2023/7/26 14:45, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 10:20:00AM +0800, chenjiahao (C) wrote:
>> On 2023/7/26 5:48, Conor Dooley wrote:
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> Your $subject says -next, but the patch failed to apply to
>>> riscv/for-next. What was the base for this patchset?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Conor.
>> Hi,
>>
>> My patchset was tested on current linux-next HEAD
>> (commit ID: 1e25dd777248, tag: next-20230725) and
>> it seems all ok.
>> Could you try applying with the base above, or
>> is there any problem with that base?
> There's some difference between linux-next and riscv/for-next that
> prevents the patchwork automation from applying the patches.

Oh, I see. There is definitely a difference, since linux-next applied
a bugfix patch b690e266dae2 ("riscv: mm: fix truncation warning on RV32")
recently, whereas riscv/for-next didn't. I have worked on a wrong base
and thanks for reminding :)

I will rebase onto riscv/for-next and post my v9 pathset soon, please
check over there.

Thanks,
Jiahao


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