Re: [RESEND][PATCH v2 2/2] powerpc/fadump: parse fadump reserve memory size based on memory range

[Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Monday 08 August 2016 02:26 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>> On Friday 05 August 2016 12:23 AM, Hari Bathini wrote:
>>> On Thursday 04 August 2016 03:15 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>>>> The code already knows how to reserve 5% based on the size of the
>>>> machine's
>>>> memory, as long as no commandline parameter is passed. So why can't we
>>>> just use that logic?
>>> That is the default value reserved but not a good enough value for
>>> every case. It is a bit difficult to come up with a robust formula
>>> that works for every case as new kernel changes could make the
>>> values obsolete. But it won't be all that difficult to find values that
>>> work for different memory ranges for a given kernel version.
>>> Passing that as range based input with "fadump_reserve_mem"
>>> parameter would work for every memory configuration on a
>>> given system, which is what this patch is trying to provide..
>> You want me to add this to the changelog on respin?

Hi Michael,

> I'm not really convinced.
>
> Distros are going to want to specify a fixed set of values for different
> memory sizes, at least that's what I've seen in the past with kdump. So
> I don't see why we can't just do that in the kernel with a formula based
> on memory size, and maybe some other information.

Agreed. Such support would be great but this patch is adding support
for a new syntax for an existing parameter which should still be good
to have?

> Maybe the formula is more complicated than 5% of RAM, but it shouldn't
> be *that* much more complicated.

Depending on what all kernel versions that need support, this can
get ugly? I could be completely wrong though..

Thanks
Hari

> cheers
>
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