From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EF32C433DF for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:59:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DC0820734 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:59:46 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="ZLbd/0Ec" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725849AbgHJF7p (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Aug 2020 01:59:45 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-2.mimecast.com ([205.139.110.61]:53599 "EHLO us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725846AbgHJF7p (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Aug 2020 01:59:45 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1597039183; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=y6gr01mrSWIBN8DdO5wxCEroGXXnP57TA/CklQC1/9E=; b=ZLbd/0EcSa8gX+stDXqr5gEF29e+7TmhvA9XZqcpwQYkJMCMw91rXQGLbD6LSvZxWHxZmp w0lExCqCDK4PS9EeOfwPTQDqMUGyCvPAXs68SQDzgT4nbAyBBaJbH7ORm+BAS/Yhq8iXFa yD+mRjMk2VppN+WAMGCPMYzYwhupFa4= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-278-ZQTfMNHONLakzciIolTYzg-1; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 01:59:35 -0400 X-MC-Unique: ZQTfMNHONLakzciIolTYzg-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 995E21902EAE; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:59:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dhcp-128-65.nay.redhat.com (ovpn-13-38.pek2.redhat.com [10.72.13.38]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C460B1002380; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:59:23 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:59:20 +0800 From: Dave Young To: chenzhou Cc: catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org, james.morse@arm.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bhe@redhat.com, corbet@lwn.net, John.P.donnelly@oracle.com, prabhakar.pkin@gmail.com, bhsharma@redhat.com, horms@verge.net.au, robh+dt@kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, nsaenzjulienne@suse.de, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, guohanjun@huawei.com, xiexiuqi@huawei.com, huawei.libin@huawei.com, wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 5/5] kdump: update Documentation about crashkernel Message-ID: <20200810055920.GA6988@dhcp-128-65.nay.redhat.com> References: <20200801130856.86625-1-chenzhou10@huawei.com> <20200801130856.86625-6-chenzhou10@huawei.com> <20200808100239.GB60590@dhcp-128-65.nay.redhat.com> <96d0da23-d484-7f66-1680-07b4b5984831@huawei.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <96d0da23-d484-7f66-1680-07b4b5984831@huawei.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On 08/10/20 at 11:28am, chenzhou wrote: > On 2020/8/8 18:02, Dave Young wrote: > > On 08/01/20 at 09:08pm, Chen Zhou wrote: > >> Now the behavior of crashkernel=X has been changed, which tries low > >> allocation in ZONE_DMA, and fall back to high allocation if it fails. > >> > >> If requized size X is too large and leads to very little free memory > >> in ZONE_DMA after low allocation, the system may not work well. > >> So add a threshold and go for high allocation directly if the required > >> size is too large. The threshold is set as the half of low memory. > >> > >> If crash_base is outside ZONE_DMA, try to allocate at least 256M in > >> ZONE_DMA automatically. "crashkernel=Y,low" can be used to allocate > >> specified size low memory. For non-RPi4 platforms, change ZONE_DMA > >> memtioned above to ZONE_DMA32. > >> > >> So update the Documentation. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Chen Zhou > >> --- > >> Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++--- > >> .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 11 ++++++++-- > >> 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst > >> index 2da65fef2a1c..4b58f97351d5 100644 > >> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst > >> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst > >> @@ -299,7 +299,15 @@ Boot into System Kernel > >> "crashkernel=64M@16M" tells the system kernel to reserve 64 MB of memory > >> starting at physical address 0x01000000 (16MB) for the dump-capture kernel. > >> > >> - On x86 and x86_64, use "crashkernel=64M@16M". > >> + On x86 use "crashkernel=64M@16M". > >> + > >> + On x86_64, use "crashkernel=X" to select a region under 4G first, and > >> + fall back to reserve region above 4G. > >> + We can also use "crashkernel=X,high" to select a region above 4G, which > >> + also tries to allocate at least 256M below 4G automatically and > >> + "crashkernel=Y,low" can be used to allocate specified size low memory. > >> + Use "crashkernel=Y@X" if you really have to reserve memory from specified > >> + start address X. > >> > >> On ppc64, use "crashkernel=128M@32M". > >> > >> @@ -316,8 +324,15 @@ Boot into System Kernel > >> kernel will automatically locate the crash kernel image within the > >> first 512MB of RAM if X is not given. > >> > >> - On arm64, use "crashkernel=Y[@X]". Note that the start address of > >> - the kernel, X if explicitly specified, must be aligned to 2MiB (0x200000). > >> + On arm64, use "crashkernel=X" to try low allocation in ZONE_DMA, and > >> + fall back to high allocation if it fails. And go for high allocation > >> + directly if the required size is too large. If crash_base is outside > >> + ZONE_DMA, try to allocate at least 256M in ZONE_DMA automatically. > >> + "crashkernel=Y,low" can be used to allocate specified size low memory. > >> + For non-RPi4 platforms, change ZONE_DMA memtioned above to ZONE_DMA32. > >> + Use "crashkernel=Y@X" if you really have to reserve memory from > >> + specified start address X. Note that the start address of the kernel, > >> + X if explicitly specified, must be aligned to 2MiB (0x200000). > >> > >> Load the Dump-capture Kernel > >> ============================ > >> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > >> index fb95fad81c79..d1b6016850d6 100644 > >> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > >> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > >> @@ -722,6 +722,10 @@ > >> [KNL, x86_64] select a region under 4G first, and > >> fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset' > >> hasn't been specified. > >> + [KNL, arm64] Try low allocation in ZONE_DMA, fall back > >> + to high allocation if it fails when '@offset' hasn't been > >> + specified. For non-RPi4 platforms, change ZONE_DMA to > >> + ZONE_DMA32. > >> See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details. > >> > >> crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset] > >> @@ -746,13 +750,16 @@ > >> requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra > >> low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit > >> devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at > >> - at least 256M below 4G automatically. > >> + least 256M below 4G automatically. > >> This one let user to specify own low range under 4G > >> for second kernel instead. > >> 0: to disable low allocation. > >> It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used > >> or memory reserved is below 4G. > >> - > >> + [KNL, arm64] range under 4G. > >> + This one let user to specify a low range in ZONE_DMA for > >> + crash dump kernel. For non-RPi4 platforms, change ZONE_DMA > >> + to ZONE_DMA32. > >> cryptomgr.notests > >> [KNL] Disable crypto self-tests > >> > >> -- > >> 2.20.1 > >> > > Hi Chen, > > > > Previously I remember we talked about to use similar logic as X86, but I > > remember you mentioned on some arm64 platform there could be no low > > memory at all. Is this not a problem now for the fallback? Just be > > curious, thanks for the update, for the common part looks good. > Hi Dave, > > Did you mean this discuss: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/12/27/122? > This is about the different implementation instead of no low memory in arm64. > > On arm64 platform, if there is no low memory, system will boot fail. James mentioned some systems have no memory below 4G, if I understand it correctly that means they can boot without low mem. Anyway I like the new implementation in this series if it is good enough for arm64 people. > > Thanks, > Chen Zhou > > > > Acked-by: Dave Young > > > > Thanks > > Dave > > > > > > . > > > Thanks Dave