[PATCH v4 4/4] x86: Pass memory range via E820 for kdump

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On 03/28/14 at 11:28am, Dave Young wrote:
> On 03/19/14 at 04:04pm, WANG Chao wrote:
> > command line size is restricted by kernel, sometimes memmap=exactmap has
> > too many memory ranges to pass to cmdline. A better approach, to pass the
> > memory ranges for crash kernel to boot into, is filling the memory
> > ranges into E820.
> > 
> > boot_params only got 128 slots for E820 map to fit in, when the number of
> > memory map exceeds 128, use setup_data to pass the rest as extended E820
> > memory map.
> > 
> > kexec boot could also benefit from setup_data in case E820 memory map
> > exceeds 128.
> > 
> > Now this new approach becomes default instead of memmap=exactmap.
> > saved_max_pfn users can specify --pass-memmap-cmdline to use the
> > exactmap approach.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: WANG Chao <chaowang at redhat.com>
> > Tested-by: Linn Crosetto <linn at hp.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Linn Crosetto <linn at hp.com>
> > ---
> >  kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c   |  25 +++---
> >  kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.h   |   1 +
> >  kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c | 171 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> >  3 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c b/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c
> > index c55a6b1..cb19e7d 100644
> > --- a/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c
> > +++ b/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c
> > @@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ static int exclude_region(int *nr_ranges, uint64_t start, uint64_t end);
> >  struct memory_range crash_memory_range[CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES];
> >  int crash_memory_ranges;
> >  
> > +int pass_memmap_cmdline;
> > +
> >  /* Memory region reserved for storing panic kernel and other data. */
> >  #define CRASH_RESERVED_MEM_NR	8
> >  static struct memory_range crash_reserved_mem[CRASH_RESERVED_MEM_NR];
> > @@ -947,20 +949,23 @@ int load_crashdump_segments(struct kexec_info *info, char* mod_cmdline,
> >  	dbgprintf("Created elf header segment at 0x%lx\n", elfcorehdr);
> >  	if (delete_memmap(crash_memory_range, &crash_memory_ranges, elfcorehdr, memsz) < 0)
> >  		return -1;
> > -	cmdline_add_memmap(mod_cmdline, crash_memory_range);
> >  	if (!bzImage_support_efi_boot)
> >  		cmdline_add_efi(mod_cmdline);
> >  	cmdline_add_elfcorehdr(mod_cmdline, elfcorehdr);
> >  
> > -	/* Inform second kernel about the presence of ACPI tables. */
> > -	for (i = 0; i < CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES; i++) {
> > -		unsigned long start, end;
> > -		if ( !( mem_range[i].type == RANGE_ACPI
> > -			|| mem_range[i].type == RANGE_ACPI_NVS) )
> > -			continue;
> > -		start = mem_range[i].start;
> > -		end = mem_range[i].end;
> > -		cmdline_add_memmap_acpi(mod_cmdline, start, end);
> > +	pass_memmap_cmdline = arch_options.pass_memmap_cmdline;
> > +	if (pass_memmap_cmdline) {
> > +		cmdline_add_memmap(mod_cmdline, crash_memory_range);
> > +		/* Inform second kernel about the presence of ACPI tables. */
> > +		for (i = 0; i < CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES; i++) {
> > +			unsigned long start, end;
> > +			if ( !( mem_range[i].type == RANGE_ACPI
> > +						|| mem_range[i].type == RANGE_ACPI_NVS) )
> > +				continue;
> > +			start = mem_range[i].start;
> > +			end = mem_range[i].end;
> > +			cmdline_add_memmap_acpi(mod_cmdline, start, end);
> > +		}
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	return 0;
> > diff --git a/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.h b/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.h
> > index 633ee0e..e68b626 100644
> > --- a/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.h
> > +++ b/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.h
> > @@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ int load_crashdump_segments(struct kexec_info *info, char *mod_cmdline,
> >  
> >  extern struct memory_range crash_memory_range[CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES];
> >  extern int crash_memory_ranges;
> > +extern int pass_memmap_cmdline;
> >  
> >  #endif /* CRASHDUMP_X86_H */
> > diff --git a/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c b/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c
> > index 5884f4d..e8865e1 100644
> > --- a/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c
> > +++ b/kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c
> > @@ -35,8 +35,7 @@
> >  #include "kexec-x86.h"
> >  #include "x86-linux-setup.h"
> >  #include "../../kexec/kexec-syscall.h"
> > -
> > -#define SETUP_EFI	4
> > +#include "crashdump-x86.h"
> >  
> >  void init_linux_parameters(struct x86_linux_param_header *real_mode)
> >  {
> > @@ -502,6 +501,11 @@ struct efi_setup_data {
> >  struct setup_data {
> >  	uint64_t next;
> >  	uint32_t type;
> > +#define SETUP_NONE	0
> > +#define SETUP_E820_EXT	1
> > +#define SETUP_DTB	2
> > +#define SETUP_PCI	3
> > +#define SETUP_EFI	4
> >  	uint32_t len;
> >  	uint8_t data[0];
> >  } __attribute__((packed));
> > @@ -602,6 +606,17 @@ struct efi_info {
> >  	uint32_t efi_memmap_hi;
> >  };
> >  
> > +static void add_setup_data(struct kexec_info *info,
> > +			   struct x86_linux_param_header *real_mode,
> > +			   struct setup_data *sd)
> > +{
> > +	int sdsize = sizeof(struct setup_data) + sd->len;
> > +
> > +	sd->next = real_mode->setup_data;
> > +	real_mode->setup_data = add_buffer(info, sd, sdsize, sdsize, getpagesize(),
> > +			    0x100000, ULONG_MAX, INT_MAX);
> > +}
> > +
> >  /*
> >   * setup_efi_data will collect below data and pass them to 2nd kernel.
> >   * 1) SMBIOS, fw_vendor, runtime, config_table, they are passed via x86
> > @@ -611,11 +626,11 @@ struct efi_info {
> >  static int setup_efi_data(struct kexec_info *info,
> >  			  struct x86_linux_param_header *real_mode)
> >  {
> > -	int64_t setup_data_paddr, memmap_paddr;
> > +	int64_t memmap_paddr;
> >  	struct setup_data *sd;
> >  	struct efi_setup_data *esd;
> >  	struct efi_mem_descriptor *maps;
> > -	int nr_maps, size, sdsize, ret = 0;
> > +	int nr_maps, size, ret = 0;
> >  	struct efi_info *ei = (struct efi_info *)real_mode->efi_info;
> >  
> >  	ret = access("/sys/firmware/efi/systab", F_OK);
> > @@ -648,10 +663,8 @@ static int setup_efi_data(struct kexec_info *info,
> >  	sd->len = sizeof(*esd);
> >  	memcpy(sd->data, esd, sizeof(*esd));
> >  	free(esd);
> > -	sdsize = sd->len + sizeof(struct setup_data);
> > -	setup_data_paddr = add_buffer(info, sd, sdsize, sdsize, getpagesize(),
> > -					0x100000, ULONG_MAX, INT_MAX);
> > -	real_mode->setup_data = setup_data_paddr;
> > +
> > +	add_setup_data(info, real_mode, sd);
> 
> Could you split the above add_setup_data to another patch?

OK. Will do.

Thanks for review.



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