From: john.p.donnelly@oracle.com
To: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>,
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Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
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Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>,
Chen Zhou <dingguo.cz@antgroup.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v16 00/11] support reserving crashkernel above 4G on arm64 kdump
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2021 21:51:47 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b71cfc4d-1035-e6e3-cc85-fcbcdc20f937@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211123124646.1995-1-thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
On 11/23/21 6:46 AM, Zhen Lei wrote:
> There are following issues in arm64 kdump:
> 1. We use crashkernel=X to reserve crashkernel below 4G, which
> will fail when there is no enough low memory.
> 2. If reserving crashkernel above 4G, in this case, crash dump
> kernel will boot failure because there is no low memory available
> for allocation.
>
> To solve these issues, change the behavior of crashkernel=X.
> crashkernel=X tries low allocation in DMA zone and fall back to high
> allocation if it fails.
>
> We can also use "crashkernel=X,high" to select a high region above
> DMA zone, which also tries to allocate at least 256M low memory in
> DMA zone automatically and "crashkernel=Y,low" can be used to allocate
> specified size low memory.
>
> When reserving crashkernel in high memory, some low memory is reserved
> for crash dump kernel devices. So there may be two regions reserved for
> crash dump kernel.
> In order to distinct from the high region and make no effect to the use
> of existing kexec-tools, rename the low region as "Crash kernel (low)",
> and pass the low region by reusing DT property
> "linux,usable-memory-range". We made the low memory region as the last
> range of "linux,usable-memory-range" to keep compatibility with existing
> user-space and older kdump kernels.
>
> Besides, we need to modify kexec-tools:
> arm64: support more than one crash kernel regions(see [1])
>
> Another update is document about DT property 'linux,usable-memory-range':
> schemas: update 'linux,usable-memory-range' node schema(see [2])
>
> This patchset contains the following 11 patches:
>
> 0001-0004 are some x86 cleanups which prepares for making functionsreserve_crashkernel[_low]() generic.
> 0005 makes functions reserve_crashkernel[_low]() generic.
> 0006-0008 reimplements arm64 crashkernel=X.
> 0009-0010 adds memory for devices by DT property linux,usable-memory-range.
> 0011 updates the doc.
>
> Changes since [v15]
> - Aggregate the processing of "linux,usable-memory-range" into one function.
> Only patch 9-10 have been updated.
>
> Changes since [v14]
> - Recovering the requirement that the CrashKernel memory regions on X86
> only requires 1 MiB alignment.
> - Combine patches 5 and 6 in v14 into one. The compilation warning fixed
> by patch 6 was introduced by patch 5 in v14.
> - As with crashk_res, crashk_low_res is also processed by
> crash_exclude_mem_range() in patch 7.
> - Due to commit b261dba2fdb2 ("arm64: kdump: Remove custom linux,usable-memory-range handling")
> has removed the architecture-specific code, extend the property "linux,usable-memory-range"
> in the platform-agnostic FDT core code. See patch 9.
> - Discard the x86 description update in the document, because the description
> has been updated by commit b1f4c363666c ("Documentation: kdump: update kdump guide").
> - Change "arm64" to "ARM64" in Doc.
>
>
> Changes since [v13]
> - Rebased on top of 5.11-rc5.
> - Introduce config CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_RESERVE_CRASH_KERNEL.
> Since reserve_crashkernel[_low]() implementations are quite similar on
> other architectures, so have CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_RESERVE_CRASH_KERNEL in
> arch/Kconfig and select this by X86 and ARM64.
> - Some minor cleanup.
>
> Changes since [v12]
> - Rebased on top of 5.10-rc1.
> - Keep CRASH_ALIGN as 16M suggested by Dave.
> - Drop patch "kdump: add threshold for the required memory".
> - Add Tested-by from John.
>
> Changes since [v11]
> - Rebased on top of 5.9-rc4.
> - Make the function reserve_crashkernel() of x86 generic.
> Suggested by Catalin, make the function reserve_crashkernel() of x86 generic
> and arm64 use the generic version to reimplement crashkernel=X.
>
> Changes since [v10]
> - Reimplement crashkernel=X suggested by Catalin, Many thanks to Catalin.
>
> Changes since [v9]
> - Patch 1 add Acked-by from Dave.
> - Update patch 5 according to Dave's comments.
> - Update chosen schema.
>
> Changes since [v8]
> - Reuse DT property "linux,usable-memory-range".
> Suggested by Rob, reuse DT property "linux,usable-memory-range" to pass the low
> memory region.
> - Fix kdump broken with ZONE_DMA reintroduced.
> - Update chosen schema.
>
> Changes since [v7]
> - Move x86 CRASH_ALIGN to 2M
> Suggested by Dave and do some test, move x86 CRASH_ALIGN to 2M.
> - Update Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt.
> Add corresponding documentation to Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt
> suggested by Arnd.
> - Add Tested-by from Jhon and pk.
>
> Changes since [v6]
> - Fix build errors reported by kbuild test robot.
>
> Changes since [v5]
> - Move reserve_crashkernel_low() into kernel/crash_core.c.
> - Delete crashkernel=X,high.
> - Modify crashkernel=X,low.
> If crashkernel=X,low is specified simultaneously, reserve spcified size low
> memory for crash kdump kernel devices firstly and then reserve memory above 4G.
> In addition, rename crashk_low_res as "Crash kernel (low)" for arm64, and then
> pass to crash dump kernel by DT property "linux,low-memory-range".
> - Update Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst.
>
> Changes since [v4]
> - Reimplement memblock_cap_memory_ranges for multiple ranges by Mike.
>
> Changes since [v3]
> - Add memblock_cap_memory_ranges back for multiple ranges.
> - Fix some compiling warnings.
>
> Changes since [v2]
> - Split patch "arm64: kdump: support reserving crashkernel above 4G" as
> two. Put "move reserve_crashkernel_low() into kexec_core.c" in a separate
> patch.
>
> Changes since [v1]:
> - Move common reserve_crashkernel_low() code into kernel/kexec_core.c.
> - Remove memblock_cap_memory_ranges() i added in v1 and implement that
> in fdt_enforce_memory_region().
> There are at most two crash kernel regions, for two crash kernel regions
> case, we cap the memory range [min(regs[*].start), max(regs[*].end)]
> and then remove the memory range in the middle.
>
> [1]: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2020-June/020737.html
> [2]: https://github.com/robherring/dt-schema/pull/19
> [v1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/4/2/1174
> [v2]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/4/9/86
> [v3]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/4/9/306
> [v4]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/4/15/273
> [v5]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/5/6/1360
> [v6]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/8/30/142
> [v7]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/12/23/411
> [v8]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/5/21/213
> [v9]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/6/28/73
> [v10]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/2/1443
> [v11]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/8/1/150
> [v12]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/9/7/1037
> [v13]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/10/31/34
> [v14]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/1/30/53
> [v15]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/10/19/1405
>
> Chen Zhou (10):
> x86: kdump: replace the hard-coded alignment with macro CRASH_ALIGN
> x86: kdump: make the lower bound of crash kernel reservation
> consistent
> x86: kdump: use macro CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX in functions
> reserve_crashkernel()
> x86: kdump: move xen_pv_domain() check and insert_resource() to
> setup_arch()
> x86: kdump: move reserve_crashkernel[_low]() into crash_core.c
> arm64: kdump: introduce some macros for crash kernel reservation
> arm64: kdump: reimplement crashkernel=X
> x86, arm64: Add ARCH_WANT_RESERVE_CRASH_KERNEL config
> of: fdt: Add memory for devices by DT property
> "linux,usable-memory-range"
> kdump: update Documentation about crashkernel
>
> Zhen Lei (1):
> of: fdt: Aggregate the processing of "linux,usable-memory-range"
>
> Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst | 11 +-
> .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 11 +-
> arch/Kconfig | 3 +
> arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
> arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h | 10 ++
> arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c | 12 +-
> arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c | 13 +-
> arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 59 ++-----
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 +
> arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h | 3 +
> arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h | 31 +++-
> arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 163 ++----------------
> drivers/of/fdt.c | 45 +++--
> include/linux/crash_core.h | 3 +
> include/linux/kexec.h | 2 -
> kernel/crash_core.c | 156 +++++++++++++++++
> kernel/kexec_core.c | 17 --
> 17 files changed, 304 insertions(+), 238 deletions(-)
>
Hi,
This series has been in review for over 2 years.
Can we get this integrated into a build ?
Thank you.
John.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-06 3:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-23 12:46 [PATCH v16 00/11] support reserving crashkernel above 4G on arm64 kdump Zhen Lei
2021-11-23 12:46 ` [PATCH v16 01/11] x86: kdump: replace the hard-coded alignment with macro CRASH_ALIGN Zhen Lei
2021-11-23 12:46 ` [PATCH v16 02/11] x86: kdump: make the lower bound of crash kernel reservation consistent Zhen Lei
2021-11-23 12:46 ` [PATCH v16 03/11] x86: kdump: use macro CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX in functions reserve_crashkernel() Zhen Lei
2021-11-23 12:46 ` [PATCH v16 04/11] x86: kdump: move xen_pv_domain() check and insert_resource() to setup_arch() Zhen Lei
2021-11-23 12:46 ` [PATCH v16 05/11] x86: kdump: move reserve_crashkernel[_low]() into crash_core.c Zhen Lei
2021-11-23 12:46 ` [PATCH v16 06/11] arm64: kdump: introduce some macros for crash kernel reservation Zhen Lei
2021-11-23 12:46 ` [PATCH v16 07/11] arm64: kdump: reimplement crashkernel=X Zhen Lei
2021-11-23 12:46 ` [PATCH v16 08/11] x86, arm64: Add ARCH_WANT_RESERVE_CRASH_KERNEL config Zhen Lei
2021-12-08 17:09 ` Catalin Marinas
2021-12-09 2:06 ` Leizhen (ThunderTown)
2021-11-23 12:46 ` [PATCH v16 09/11] of: fdt: Aggregate the processing of "linux,usable-memory-range" Zhen Lei
2021-11-30 22:05 ` Rob Herring
2021-11-23 12:46 ` [PATCH v16 10/11] of: fdt: Add memory for devices by DT property "linux,usable-memory-range" Zhen Lei
2021-11-30 22:16 ` Rob Herring
2021-12-01 2:55 ` Leizhen (ThunderTown)
2021-12-09 1:59 ` Leizhen (ThunderTown)
2021-12-09 17:40 ` Rob Herring
2021-11-23 12:46 ` [PATCH v16 11/11] kdump: update Documentation about crashkernel Zhen Lei
2021-11-29 20:25 ` [PATCH v16 00/11] support reserving crashkernel above 4G on arm64 kdump Dave Kleikamp
2021-11-30 2:12 ` Baoquan He
2021-12-06 3:51 ` john.p.donnelly [this message]
2021-12-08 17:13 ` Catalin Marinas
2021-12-10 19:53 ` john.p.donnelly
2021-12-13 10:18 ` Catalin Marinas
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