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Rozycki" Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/12] mips: Reserve memory for the kernel image resources Message-ID: <20190522133402.duhybxf66oubx6ng@mobilestation> References: <20190423224748.3765-1-fancer.lancer@gmail.com> <20190423224748.3765-5-fancer.lancer@gmail.com> <20190521155309.GB24470@rapoport-lnx> <20190522080802.GA31930@rapoport-lnx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello folks, On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 10:14:47AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Mike, > > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 10:08 AM Mike Rapoport wrote: > > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 09:47:04AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 5:53 PM Mike Rapoport wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 04:56:39PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:50 AM Serge Semin wrote: > > > > > > The reserved_end variable had been used by the bootmem_init() code > > > > > > to find a lowest limit of memory available for memmap blob. The original > > > > > > code just tried to find a free memory space higher than kernel was placed. > > > > > > This limitation seems justified for the memmap ragion search process, but > > > > > > I can't see any obvious reason to reserve the unused space below kernel > > > > > > seeing some platforms place it much higher than standard 1MB. Moreover > > > > > > the RELOCATION config enables it to be loaded at any memory address. > > > > > > So lets reserve the memory occupied by the kernel only, leaving the region > > > > > > below being free for allocations. After doing this we can now discard the > > > > > > code freeing a space between kernel _text and VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS symbols > > > > > > since it's going to be free anyway (unless marked as reserved by > > > > > > platforms). > > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Serge Semin > > > > > > > > > > This is now commit b93ddc4f9156205e ("mips: Reserve memory for the kernel > > > > > image resources") in v5.2-rc1, which causes rbtx4927 to crash during boot: > > > > > > > > > > VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem) on device 0:13. > > > > > devtmpfs: mounted > > > > > BUG: Bad page state in process swapper pfn:00001 > > > > > page:804b7820 refcount:0 mapcount:-128 mapping:00000000 index:0x1 > > > > > flags: 0x0() > > > > > raw: 00000000 00000100 00000200 00000000 00000001 00000000 ffffff7f 00000000 > > > > > page dumped because: nonzero mapcount > > > > > Modules linked in: > > > > > CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted > > > > > 5.2.0-rc1-rbtx4927-00468-g3c05ea3d4077b756-dirty #137 > > > > > Stack : 00000000 10008400 8040dd2c 87c1b974 8044af63 8040dd2c > > > > > 00000001 804a3490 > > > > > 00000001 81000000 0030f231 80148558 00000003 10008400 > > > > > 87c1dd80 7599ee13 > > > > > 00000000 00000000 804b0000 00000000 00000007 00000000 > > > > > 00000085 00000000 > > > > > 62722d31 00000084 804b0000 39347874 00000000 804b7820 > > > > > 8040cef8 81000010 > > > > > 00000001 00000007 00000001 81000000 00000008 8021de24 > > > > > 00000000 804a0000 > > > > > ... > > > > > Call Trace: > > > > > [<8010adec>] show_stack+0x74/0x104 > > > > > [<801a5e44>] bad_page+0x130/0x138 > > > > > [<801a654c>] free_pcppages_bulk+0x17c/0x3b0 > > > > > [<801a789c>] free_unref_page+0x40/0x68 > > > > > [<801120f4>] free_init_pages+0xec/0x104 > > > > > [<803bdde8>] free_initmem+0x10/0x58 > > > > > [<803bdb8c>] kernel_init+0x20/0x100 > > > > > [<801057c8>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x14/0x1c > > > > > Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint > > > > > BUG: Bad page state in process swapper pfn:00002 > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > > CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set, so the only relevant part is the > > > > > change quoted below. > > > > > > > > > > > --- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c > > > > > > +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c > > > > > > @@ -371,7 +371,6 @@ static void __init bootmem_init(void) > > > > > > > > > > > > static void __init bootmem_init(void) > > > > > > { > > > > > > - unsigned long reserved_end; > > > > > > phys_addr_t ramstart = PHYS_ADDR_MAX; > > > > > > int i; > > > > > > > > > > > > @@ -382,10 +381,10 @@ static void __init bootmem_init(void) > > > > > > * will reserve the area used for the initrd. > > > > > > */ > > > > > > init_initrd(); > > > > > > - reserved_end = (unsigned long) PFN_UP(__pa_symbol(&_end)); > > > > > > > > > > > > - memblock_reserve(PHYS_OFFSET, > > > > > > - (reserved_end << PAGE_SHIFT) - PHYS_OFFSET); > > > > > > + /* Reserve memory occupied by kernel. */ > > > > > > + memblock_reserve(__pa_symbol(&_text), > > > > > > + __pa_symbol(&_end) - __pa_symbol(&_text)); > > > > > > > > > > > > /* > > > > > > * max_low_pfn is not a number of pages. The number of pages > > > > > > Hence the old code reserved 1 MiB extra at the beginning. > > > > > > > > > > Note that the new code also dropped the rounding up of the memory block > > > > > size to a multiple of PAGE_SIZE. I'm not sure the latter actually > > > > > matters or not. > > > > > > > > I'd say that bad page state for pfn 1 is caused by "freeing" the first 1M. > > > > > > Yes, by prom_free_prom_memory(), as pointed out by Serge. > > > > I wonder how other MIPS variants would react to the fact that the memory > > below the kernel is not reserved ;-) > > Exactly... > > Looks like at least arch/mips/dec/prom/memory.c needs a similar but\ > more complicated fix, due to declance handling... > The problem might be fixed there by the next patch: --- diff --git a/arch/mips/dec/prom/memory.c b/arch/mips/dec/prom/memory.c index 5073d2ed78bb..5a0c734b5d04 100644 --- a/arch/mips/dec/prom/memory.c +++ b/arch/mips/dec/prom/memory.c @@ -91,29 +91,14 @@ void __init prom_meminit(u32 magic) pmax_setup_memory_region(); else rex_setup_memory_region(); -} - -void __init prom_free_prom_memory(void) -{ - unsigned long end; - - /* - * Free everything below the kernel itself but leave - * the first page reserved for the exception handlers. - */ #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DECLANCE) /* - * Leave 128 KB reserved for Lance memory for - * IOASIC DECstations. + * Reserve 128 KB for Lance memory for IOASIC DECstations. * * XXX: save this address for use in dec_lance.c? */ if (IOASIC) - end = __pa(&_text) - 0x00020000; - else + memblock_reserve(__pa_symbol(&_text), 0x00020000); #endif - end = __pa(&_text); - - free_init_pages("unused PROM memory", PAGE_SIZE, end); } --- Didn't wanna use prom_FREE_prom_memory to actually reserve a memory chunk, so I moved the reservation into the prom_meminit() method. Regarding the first page for the exception handlers. We don't need to reserve it here, since it is already done in arch/mips/kernel/traps.c . Regards, -Sergey > > Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > Geert > > -- > Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org > > In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But > when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. > -- Linus Torvalds