From: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx>
Crash kernel region size is available via sysfs on Linux running on
bare metal. However, this does not work when Linux runs as Xen dom0.
In this case Xen crash kernel region size should be established using
__HYPERVISOR_kexec_op hypercall (Linux kernel kexec functionality does
not make a lot of sense in Xen dom0). Sadly hypercalls are not easily
accessible using shell scripts or something like that. Potentially we
can check "xl dmesg" output for crashkernel option but this is not nice.
So, let's add this functionality, for Linux running on bare metal and
as Xen dom0, to kexec-tools. This way kdump scripts may establish crash
kernel region size in one way regardless of platform. All burden of
platform detection lies on kexec-tools.
Figure (and unit) displayed by this new kexec-tools functionality is
the same as one taken from /sys/kernel/kexec_crash_size.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper at oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder at oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper at oracle.com>
---
v4: Incorporated feedback:
- changes for coding convention and formatting
- Changed commit description to make it clear that
get_crash_kernel_load_range() is a stub on some archs
v3: Incorporated feedback:
- changes for coding convention and formatting
- restructured to introduce get_crash_kernel_load_range() for each
architecture, and then a single function in kexec/kexec.c to call
the per-architecture get_crash_kernel_load_range() and print the
result.
v2: Incorporated feedback:
- utilize the is_crashkernel_mem_reserved() function common in all archs
- for ppc and ppc64, utilize device-tree values to print size
- for unsupported architectures, print appropriate message
v1: Posted to kexec-tools mailing list
---
kexec/kexec.8 | 3 +++
kexec/kexec.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
kexec/kexec.h | 4 +++-
3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kexec/kexec.8 b/kexec/kexec.8
index f4b39a6..e0131b4 100644
--- a/kexec/kexec.8
+++ b/kexec/kexec.8
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ Load a helper image to jump back to original kernel.
.TP
.BI \-\-reuseinitrd
Reuse initrd from first boot.
+.TP
+.BI \-\-print-ckr-size
+Print crash kernel region size, if available.
.SH SUPPORTED KERNEL FILE TYPES AND OPTIONS
diff --git a/kexec/kexec.c b/kexec/kexec.c
index a2ba79d..eccd988 100644
--- a/kexec/kexec.c
+++ b/kexec/kexec.c
@@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ void usage(void)
" --mem-max=<addr> Specify the highest memory address to\n"
" load code into.\n"
" --reuseinitrd Reuse initrd from first boot.\n"
+ " --print-ckr-size Print crash kernel region size.\n"
" --load-preserve-context Load the new kernel and preserve\n"
" context of current kernel during kexec.\n"
" --load-jump-back-helper Load a helper image to jump back\n"
@@ -1218,6 +1219,21 @@ static int do_kexec_file_load(int fileind, int argc, char **argv,
return ret;
}
+static void print_crashkernel_region_size(void)
+{
+ uint64_t start = 0, end = 0;
+
+ if (is_crashkernel_mem_reserved() &&
+ get_crash_kernel_load_range(&start, &end)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "get_crash_kernel_load_range() failed.\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (start != end)
+ printf("%lu\n", end - start + 1);
+ else
+ printf("0\n");
+}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
@@ -1375,6 +1391,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
case OPT_STATUS:
do_status = 1;
break;
+ case OPT_PRINT_CKR_SIZE:
+ print_crashkernel_region_size();
+ return 0;
default:
break;
}
diff --git a/kexec/kexec.h b/kexec/kexec.h
index 2b06f59..52bef9b 100644
--- a/kexec/kexec.h
+++ b/kexec/kexec.h
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ extern int file_types;
#define OPT_LOAD_PRESERVE_CONTEXT 259
#define OPT_LOAD_JUMP_BACK_HELPER 260
#define OPT_ENTRY 261
-#define OPT_MAX 262
+#define OPT_PRINT_CKR_SIZE 262
+#define OPT_MAX 263
#define KEXEC_OPTIONS \
{ "help", 0, 0, OPT_HELP }, \
{ "version", 0, 0, OPT_VERSION }, \
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ extern int file_types;
{ "kexec-file-syscall", 0, 0, OPT_KEXEC_FILE_SYSCALL }, \
{ "debug", 0, 0, OPT_DEBUG }, \
{ "status", 0, 0, OPT_STATUS }, \
+ { "print-ckr-size", 0, 0, OPT_PRINT_CKR_SIZE }, \
#define KEXEC_OPT_STR "h?vdfxyluet:psS"
--
2.7.4
