[PATCH v15 15/20] arm64: kdump: reserve memory for crash dump kernel

AKASHI Takahiro
2016-03-31T07:19:03Z

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 06:08:30PM +0000, James Morse wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On 14/03/16 17:48, Geoff Levand wrote:
> > From: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
> >
> > On the startup of primary kernel, the memory region used by crash dump
> > kernel must be specified by "crashkernel=" kernel parameter.
> > reserve_crashkernel() will allocate and reserve the region for later use.
> >
> > User space tools, like kexec-tools, will be able to find that region marked
> > as "Crash kernel" in /proc/iomem.
>
> [NB: Re-ordered diff hunks ]
>
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> > index 7802f21..4edf181 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> > @@ -171,6 +229,8 @@ void __init arm64_memblock_init(void)
> > memblock_reserve(__virt_to_phys(initrd_start), initrd_end - initrd_start);
> > #endif
> >
> > + reserve_crashkernel();
> > +
> > early_init_fdt_scan_reserved_mem();
> >
> > /* 4GB maximum for 32-bit only capable devices */
> >
>
>
> This is 'nit' territory, but if you were to make this:
> > if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE))
> > reserve_crashkernel();
>
> then the #ifdefs around reserve_crashkernel() can go, and the compiler will work
> out that this static function can be optimised out. It also means the
> compiler performs its checks, even if CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE isn't selected. The same
> trick can be applied in patch 18 (around reserve_elfcorehdr()).

It will also make the code more understandable.

Thanks,
-Takahiro AKASHI

> > @@ -66,6 +67,63 @@ static int __init early_initrd(char *p)
> > early_param("initrd", early_initrd);
> > #endif
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE
> > +/*
> > + * reserve_crashkernel() - reserves memory for crash kernel
> > + *
> > + * This function reserves memory area given in "crashkernel=" kernel command
> > + * line parameter. The memory reserved is used by dump capture kernel when
> > + * primary kernel is crashing.
> > + */
> > +static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long long crash_size = 0, crash_base = 0;
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + ret = parse_crashkernel(boot_command_line, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
> > + &crash_size, &crash_base);
> > + if (ret)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + if (crash_base == 0) {
> > + crash_base = memblock_find_in_range(0,
> > + MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE, crash_size, 1 << 21);
> > + if (crash_base == 0) {
> > + pr_warn("Unable to allocate crashkernel (size:%llx)\n",
> > + crash_size);
> > + return;
> > + }
> > + memblock_reserve(crash_base, crash_size);
> > +
> > + } else {
> > + /* User specifies base address explicitly. */
> > + if (!memblock_is_region_memory(crash_base, crash_size) ||
> > + memblock_is_region_reserved(crash_base, crash_size)) {
> > + pr_warn("crashkernel has wrong address or size\n");
> > + return;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (crash_base & ((1 << 21) - 1)) {
> > + pr_warn("crashkernel base address is not 2MB aligned\n");
> > + return;
> > + }
> > +
> > + memblock_reserve(crash_base, crash_size);
> > + }
> > +
> > + pr_info("Reserving %lldMB of memory at %lldMB for crashkernel\n",
> > + crash_size >> 20, crash_base >> 20);
> > +
> > + crashk_res.start = crash_base;
> > + crashk_res.end = crash_base + crash_size - 1;
> > +}
> > +#else
> > +static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
> > +{
> > + ;
> > +}
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE */
> > +
> > /*
> > * Return the maximum physical address for ZONE_DMA (DMA_BIT_MASK(32)). It
> > * currently assumes that for memory starting above 4G, 32-bit devices will
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
>