From: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@linux.microsoft.com>
To: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Cc: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v17 02/10] of: Add a common kexec FDT setup function
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:19:00 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55685b61-dac0-2f24-f74a-939acf74a4f2@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL_JsqJ3sDzjsJXtb6EzE77BL+PhUxDJYUngLTqcm0popd7Ajw@mail.gmail.com>
On 2/12/21 6:38 AM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 7:17 PM Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
> <nramas@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/11/21 5:09 PM, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
>>>
>>> There's actually a complication that I just noticed and needs to be
>>> addressed. More below.
>>>
>>
>> <...>
>>
>>>> +
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt - Alloc and setup a new Flattened Device Tree
>>>> + *
>>>> + * @image: kexec image being loaded.
>>>> + * @initrd_load_addr: Address where the next initrd will be loaded.
>>>> + * @initrd_len: Size of the next initrd, or 0 if there will be none.
>>>> + * @cmdline: Command line for the next kernel, or NULL if there will
>>>> + * be none.
>>>> + *
>>>> + * Return: fdt on success, or NULL errno on error.
>>>> + */
>>>> +void *of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt(const struct kimage *image,
>>>> + unsigned long initrd_load_addr,
>>>> + unsigned long initrd_len,
>>>> + const char *cmdline)
>>>> +{
>>>> + void *fdt;
>>>> + int ret, chosen_node;
>>>> + const void *prop;
>>>> + unsigned long fdt_size;
>>>> +
>>>> + fdt_size = fdt_totalsize(initial_boot_params) +
>>>> + (cmdline ? strlen(cmdline) : 0) +
>>>> + FDT_EXTRA_SPACE;
>>>
>>> Just adding 4 KB to initial_boot_params won't be enough for crash
>>> kernels on ppc64. The current powerpc code doubles the size of
>>> initial_boot_params (which is normally larger than 4 KB) and even that
>>> isn't enough. A patch was added to powerpc/next today which uses a more
>>> precise (but arch-specific) formula:
>>>
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/161243826811.119001.14083048209224609814.stgit@hbathini/
>>>
>>> So I believe we need a hook here where architectures can provide their
>>> own specific calculation for the size of the fdt. Perhaps a weakly
>>> defined function providing a default implementation which an
>>> arch-specific file can override (a la arch_kexec_kernel_image_load())?
>>>
>>> Then the powerpc specific hook would be the kexec_fdt_totalsize_ppc64()
>>> function from the patch I linked above.
>>>
>>
>> Do you think it'd better to add "fdt_size" parameter to
>> of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt() so that the caller can provide the
>> desired FDT buffer size?
>
> Yes, I guess so. But please define the param as extra size, not total
> size. The kernel command line size addition can be in the common code.
Will do. Just to clarify -
The common code will do:
fdt_totalsize(initial_boot_params) + strlen(cmdline) + extra_fdt_size
The caller will pass "extra_fdt_size"
ARM64 => 4KB
PPC64 => fdt_totalsize(initial_boot_params) - which will be updated when
the patch Thiago had referred to is merged.
>
> The above change is also going to conflict, so I think this may have
> to wait. Or I'll take the common and arm bits and powerpc can be
> converted next cycle (or after the merge window).
>
thanks.
-lakshmi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-12 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-09 18:21 [PATCH v17 00/10] Carry forward IMA measurement log on kexec on ARM64 Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-09 18:21 ` [PATCH v17 01/10] powerpc: Rename kexec elfcorehdr_addr to elf_headers_mem Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-09 18:21 ` [PATCH v17 02/10] of: Add a common kexec FDT setup function Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-10 17:23 ` Rob Herring
2021-02-10 17:59 ` Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-10 23:24 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2021-02-12 1:09 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2021-02-12 1:17 ` Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-12 1:39 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2021-02-12 14:38 ` Rob Herring
2021-02-12 17:19 ` Lakshmi Ramasubramanian [this message]
2021-02-12 18:24 ` Rob Herring
2021-02-12 18:27 ` Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-12 19:39 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2021-02-09 18:21 ` [PATCH v17 03/10] arm64: Use common of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt() Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-10 17:26 ` Will Deacon
2021-02-10 23:30 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2021-02-09 18:21 ` [PATCH v17 04/10] powerpc: " Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-11 1:42 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2021-02-11 1:50 ` Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-09 18:21 ` [PATCH v17 05/10] powerpc: Move ima buffer fields to struct kimage Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-10 17:20 ` Rob Herring
2021-02-10 18:00 ` Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-09 18:21 ` [PATCH v17 06/10] powerpc: Enable passing IMA log to next kernel on kexec Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-11 1:51 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2021-02-09 18:21 ` [PATCH v17 07/10] powerpc: Move arch independent ima kexec functions to drivers/of/kexec.c Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-11 5:07 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2021-02-09 18:21 ` [PATCH v17 08/10] kexec: Use fdt_appendprop_addrrange() to add ima buffer to FDT Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-09 18:21 ` [PATCH v17 09/10] powerpc: Delete unused function delete_fdt_mem_rsv() Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-11 5:11 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2021-02-09 18:22 ` [PATCH v17 10/10] arm64: Enable passing IMA log to next kernel on kexec Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-11 5:13 ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2021-02-10 17:15 ` [PATCH v17 00/10] Carry forward IMA measurement log on kexec on ARM64 Rob Herring
2021-02-10 17:33 ` Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2021-02-10 20:42 ` Rob Herring
2021-02-10 20:55 ` Mimi Zohar
2021-02-10 21:39 ` Mimi Zohar
2021-02-10 22:34 ` Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
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