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=-7.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no 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 259C5C433E1 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 02:10:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01C1920759 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 02:10:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726811AbgG1CKb (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jul 2020 22:10:31 -0400 Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.156.1]:17606 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726268AbgG1CKb (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jul 2020 22:10:31 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (m0098404.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 06S226rB086461; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 22:10:19 -0400 Received: from pps.reinject (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 32j7swc3pb-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 27 Jul 2020 22:10:19 -0400 Received: from m0098404.ppops.net (m0098404.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by pps.reinject (8.16.0.36/8.16.0.36) with SMTP id 06S258N0100132; Mon, 27 Jul 2020 22:10:18 -0400 Received: from ppma03wdc.us.ibm.com (ba.79.3fa9.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com [169.63.121.186]) by mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 32j7swc3nt-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 27 Jul 2020 22:10:18 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (ppma03wdc.us.ibm.com [127.0.0.1]) by ppma03wdc.us.ibm.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 06S29NH4016642; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 02:10:17 GMT Received: from b03cxnp08026.gho.boulder.ibm.com (b03cxnp08026.gho.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.130.18]) by ppma03wdc.us.ibm.com with ESMTP id 32gcy5drnh-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 28 Jul 2020 02:10:17 +0000 Received: from b03ledav005.gho.boulder.ibm.com (b03ledav005.gho.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.130.236]) by b03cxnp08026.gho.boulder.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id 06S2ACxq63832510 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 28 Jul 2020 02:10:12 GMT Received: from b03ledav005.gho.boulder.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA118BE053; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 02:10:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from b03ledav005.gho.boulder.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63163BE051; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 02:10:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from morokweng.localdomain (unknown [9.211.132.76]) by b03ledav005.gho.boulder.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 02:10:12 +0000 (GMT) References: <159579157320.5790.6748078824637688685.stgit@hbathini> <159579231812.5790.16096865978767385505.stgit@hbathini> User-agent: mu4e 1.2.0; emacs 26.3 From: Thiago Jung Bauermann To: Hari Bathini Cc: Michael Ellerman , Andrew Morton , Mahesh J Salgaonkar , Sourabh Jain , Vivek Goyal , Dave Young , Petr Tesarik , linuxppc-dev , Kexec-ml , lkml , Pingfan Liu , Eric Biederman , Mimi Zohar , Nayna Jain Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v5 06/11] ppc64/kexec_file: restrict memory usage of kdump kernel In-reply-to: <159579231812.5790.16096865978767385505.stgit@hbathini> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 23:10:08 -0300 Message-ID: <87ft9cxudb.fsf@morokweng.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:6.0.235,18.0.687 definitions=2020-07-27_16:2020-07-27,2020-07-27 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 lowpriorityscore=0 bulkscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 clxscore=1015 spamscore=0 priorityscore=1501 impostorscore=0 mlxscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 malwarescore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2006250000 definitions=main-2007280009 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hari Bathini writes: > Kdump kernel, used for capturing the kernel core image, is supposed > to use only specific memory regions to avoid corrupting the image to > be captured. The regions are crashkernel range - the memory reserved > explicitly for kdump kernel, memory used for the tce-table, the OPAL > region and RTAS region as applicable. Restrict kdump kernel memory > to use only these regions by setting up usable-memory DT property. > Also, tell the kdump kernel to run at the loaded address by setting > the magic word at 0x5c. > > Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini > Tested-by: Pingfan Liu I liked the new versions of get_node_path_size() and get_node_path(). Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann -- Thiago Jung Bauermann IBM Linux Technology Center