Re: [PATCH V2] x86/kexec: do not update E820 kexec table for setup_data

Dave Young
2024-03-22T05:20:34Z

> > Your tree is missing this recent commit:
> > 7fd817c906503b6813ea3b41f5fdf4192449a707 ("x86/e820: Don't
> > reserve SETUP_RNG_SEED in e820").
> >
> > Wouldn't this fix [/paper over] your problem as well? I.e., isn't
> > SETUP_RNG_SEED the setup_data item that's causing your problem?
>
> Thanks for catching this, I will rebase and repost.
>
> But it does not "fix" the problem as my problem is related to the
> other setup_data
> range, I think it is SETUP_PCI (not 100% sure, but it is certainly not RNG_SEED)
>

The webmail reply broke the lines randomly, sorry for that. I have
resent a rebased version. And I also confirmed that in my case it was
SETUP_PCI caused the issue. Note, this SETUP_PCI is from previous
physical bootup, the old kernel reserved it in kexec e820, it is not
the RNG_SEED which was passed in by kexec. I believe the RND_SEED
region could cause issues only on the 3rd+ boot with a kernel without
the commit you mentioned.

It is a little tricky, I suppose not obvious to understand..

Thanks
Dave