At present, plpar_hcall(H_SCM_BIND_MEM, ...) takes a very long time, so
if dumping to fsdax, it will take a very long time.
Take a closer look, during the papr_scm initialization, the only
configuration is through drc_pmem_bind()-> plpar_hcall(H_SCM_BIND_MEM,
...), which helps to set up the bound address.
On pseries, for kexec -l/-p kernel, there is no reset of hardware, and this
step can be stepped around to save times. So the pmem bound address can be
passed to the 2nd kernel through a dynamic added property "bound-addr" in
dt node 'ibm,pmemory'.
Signed-off-by: Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@xxxxxxxxx>
To: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hari Bathini <hbathini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
note: I can not find such a pseries machine, and not finish it yet.
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
index c2ef320..555e746 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static int papr_scm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct device_node *dn = pdev->dev.of_node;
u32 drc_index, metadata_size;
- u64 blocks, block_size;
+ u64 blocks, block_size, bound_addr = 0;
struct papr_scm_priv *p;
const char *uuid_str;
u64 uuid[2];
@@ -439,17 +439,29 @@ static int papr_scm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
p->metadata_size = metadata_size;
p->pdev = pdev;
- /* request the hypervisor to bind this region to somewhere in memory */
- rc = drc_pmem_bind(p);
+ of_property_read_u64(dn, "bound-addr", &bound_addr);
+ if (bound_addr)
+ p->bound_addr = bound_addr;
+ else {
+ struct property *property;
+ u64 big;
- /* If phyp says drc memory still bound then force unbound and retry */
- if (rc == H_OVERLAP)
- rc = drc_pmem_query_n_bind(p);
+ /* request the hypervisor to bind this region to somewhere in memory */
+ rc = drc_pmem_bind(p);
- if (rc != H_SUCCESS) {
- dev_err(&p->pdev->dev, "bind err: %d\n", rc);
- rc = -ENXIO;
- goto err;
+ /* If phyp says drc memory still bound then force unbound and retry */
+ if (rc == H_OVERLAP)
+ rc = drc_pmem_query_n_bind(p);
+
+ if (rc != H_SUCCESS) {
+ dev_err(&p->pdev->dev, "bind err: %d\n", rc);
+ rc = -ENXIO;
+ goto err;
+ }
+ big = cpu_to_be64(p->bound_addr);
+ property = new_property("bound-addr", sizeof(u64), &big,
+ NULL);
+ of_add_property(dn, property);
}
/* setup the resource for the newly bound range */
--
2.7.5
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