Re: [PATCH v4 00/10] crash: Kernel handling of CPU and memory hot un/plug

Baoquan He
2022-02-21T04:08:56Z

Hi Eric,

On 02/09/22 at 02:56pm, Eric DeVolder wrote:
> When the kdump service is loaded, if a CPU or memory is hot
> un/plugged, the crash elfcorehdr (for x86), which describes the CPUs
> and memory in the system, must also be updated, else the resulting
> vmcore is inaccurate (eg. missing either CPU context or memory
> regions).

This version looks much better. I am gonna to review this week and
give it a shot on a machine. Can you share your test steps? I have
knowledge about mem hotplug, but haven't tried cpu hotplug yet.

Thanks
Baoquan

>
> The current solution utilizes udev to initiate an unload-then-reload
> of the kdump image (e. kernel, initrd, boot_params, puratory and
> elfcorehdr) by the userspace kexec utility. In previous posts I have
> outlined the significant performance problems related to offloading
> this activity to userspace.
>
> This patchset introduces a generic crash hot un/plug handler that
> registers with the CPU and memory notifiers. Upon CPU or memory
> changes, this generic handler is invoked and performs important
> housekeeping, for example obtaining the appropriate lock, and then
> invokes an architecture specific handler to do the appropriate
> updates.
>
> In the case of x86_64, the arch specific handler generates a new
> elfcorehdr, and overwrites the old one in memory. No involvement
> with userspace needed.
>
> To realize the benefits/test this patchset, one must make a couple
> of minor changes to userspace:
>
> - Disable the udev rule for updating kdump on hot un/plug changes
> Eg. on RHEL: rm -f /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/98-kexec.rules
> or other technique to neuter the rule.
>
> - Change to the kexec_file_load for loading the kdump kernel:
> Eg. on RHEL: in /usr/bin/kdumpctl, change to:
> standard_kexec_args="-p -d -s"
> which adds the -s to select kexec_file_load syscall.
>
> This patchset supports kexec_load with a modified kexec userspace
> utility, and a working changeset to the kexec userspace utility
> is provided here (and to use, the above change to standard_kexec_args
> would be, for example, to append --hotplug-size=262144 instead of -s).
>
> diff --git a/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c b/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c
> index 9826f6d..06adb7e 100644
> --- a/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c
> +++ b/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c
> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
> #include <x86/x86-linux.h>
>
> extern struct arch_options_t arch_options;
> +extern unsigned long long hotplug_size;
>
> static int get_kernel_page_offset(struct kexec_info *UNUSED(info),
> struct crash_elf_info *elf_info)
> @@ -975,6 +976,13 @@ int load_crashdump_segments(struct kexec_info *info, char* mod_cmdline,
> } else {
> memsz = bufsz;
> }
> +
> + /* If hotplug support enabled, use that size */
> + if (hotplug_size) {
> + memsz = hotplug_size;
> + }
> +
> + info->elfcorehdr =
> elfcorehdr = add_buffer(info, tmp, bufsz, memsz, align, min_base,
> max_addr, -1);
> dbgprintf("Created elf header segment at 0x%lx\n", elfcorehdr);
> diff --git a/kexec/kexec.c b/kexec/kexec.c
> index f63b36b..9569d9a 100644
> --- a/kexec/kexec.c
> +++ b/kexec/kexec.c
> @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
>
> unsigned long long mem_min = 0;
> unsigned long long mem_max = ULONG_MAX;
> +unsigned long long hotplug_size = 0;
> static unsigned long kexec_flags = 0;
> /* Flags for kexec file (fd) based syscall */
> static unsigned long kexec_file_flags = 0;
> @@ -672,6 +673,12 @@ static void update_purgatory(struct kexec_info *info)
> if (info->segment[i].mem == (void *)info->rhdr.rel_addr) {
> continue;
> }
> + /* Don't include elfcorehdr in the checksum, if hotplug
> + * support enabled.
> + */
> + if (hotplug_size && (info->segment[i].mem == (void *)info->elfcorehdr)) {
> + continue;
> + }
> sha256_update(&ctx, info->segment[i].buf,
> info->segment[i].bufsz);
> nullsz = info->segment[i].memsz - info->segment[i].bufsz;
> @@ -1504,6 +1511,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> case OPT_PRINT_CKR_SIZE:
> print_crashkernel_region_size();
> return 0;
> + case OPT_HOTPLUG_SIZE:
> + /* Reserved the specified size for hotplug growth */
> + hotplug_size = strtoul(optarg, &endptr, 0);
> + if (*endptr) {
> + fprintf(stderr,
> + "Bad option value in --hotplug-size=%s\n",
> + optarg);
> + usage();
> + return 1;
> + }
> + break;
> default:
> break;
> }
> diff --git a/kexec/kexec.h b/kexec/kexec.h
> index 595dd68..b30dda4 100644
> --- a/kexec/kexec.h
> +++ b/kexec/kexec.h
> @@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ struct kexec_info {
> int command_line_len;
>
> int skip_checks;
> + unsigned long elfcorehdr;
> };
>
> struct arch_map_entry {
> @@ -231,7 +232,8 @@ extern int file_types;
> #define OPT_PRINT_CKR_SIZE 262
> #define OPT_LOAD_LIVE_UPDATE 263
> #define OPT_EXEC_LIVE_UPDATE 264
> -#define OPT_MAX 265
> +#define OPT_HOTPLUG_SIZE 265
> +#define OPT_MAX 266
> #define KEXEC_OPTIONS \
> { "help", 0, 0, OPT_HELP }, \
> { "version", 0, 0, OPT_VERSION }, \
> @@ -258,6 +260,7 @@ extern int file_types;
> { "debug", 0, 0, OPT_DEBUG }, \
> { "status", 0, 0, OPT_STATUS }, \
> { "print-ckr-size", 0, 0, OPT_PRINT_CKR_SIZE }, \
> + { "hotplug-size", 2, 0, OPT_HOTPLUG_SIZE }, \
>
> #define KEXEC_OPT_STR "h?vdfixyluet:pscaS"
>
>
> Regards,
> eric
> ---
> v4: 9feb2022
> - Refactored patches per Baoquan suggestsions.
> - A few corrections, per Baoquan.
>
> v3: 10jan2022
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/1/10/1212
> - Rebasing per Baoquan He request.
> - Changed memory notifier per David Hildenbrand.
> - Providing example kexec userspace change in cover letter.
>
> RFC v2: 7dec2021
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/12/7/1088
> - Acting upon Baoquan He suggestion of removing elfcorehdr from
> the purgatory list of segments, removed purgatory code from
> patchset, and it is signficiantly simpler now.
>
> RFC v1: 18nov2021
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/11/18/845
> - working patchset demonstrating kernel handling of hotplug
> updates to x86 elfcorehdr for kexec_file_load
>
> RFC: 14dec2020
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/12/14/532
> - proposed concept of allowing kernel to handle hotplug update
> of elfcorehdr
> ---
>
> Eric DeVolder (10):
> crash: fix minor typo/bug in debug message
> crash hp: Introduce CRASH_HOTPLUG configuration options
> crash hp: definitions and prototype changes
> crash hp: prototype change for crash_prepare_elf64_headers
> crash hp: introduce helper functions un/map_crash_pages
> crash hp: generic crash hotplug support infrastructure
> crash hp: exclude elfcorehdr from the segment digest
> crash hp: exclude hot remove cpu from elfcorehdr notes
> crash hp: Add x86 crash hotplug support for kexec_file_load
> crash hp: Add x86 crash hotplug support for kexec_load
>
> arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c | 6 +-
> arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 26 +++++
> arch/x86/kernel/crash.c | 123 ++++++++++++++++++++-
> include/linux/kexec.h | 23 +++-
> kernel/crash_core.c | 146 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> kernel/kexec_file.c | 15 ++-
> 7 files changed, 331 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.27.0
>