Re: [PATCH v17 10/10] kdump: update Documentation about crashkernel

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On 12/10/21 12:55 AM, Zhen Lei wrote:
From: Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@xxxxxxxxxx>

For arm64, the behavior of crashkernel=X has been changed, which
tries low allocation in DMA zone and fall back to high allocation
if it fails.

We can also use "crashkernel=X,high" to select a high region above
DMA zone, which also tries to allocate at least 256M low memory in
DMA zone automatically and "crashkernel=Y,low" can be used to allocate
specified size low memory.

So update the Documentation.

Signed-off-by: Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx>

 Acked-by: John Donnelly <john.p.donnelly@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
  Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst       | 11 +++++++++--
  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 11 +++++++++--
  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst
index cb30ca3df27c9b2..d4c287044be0c70 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst
@@ -361,8 +361,15 @@ Boot into System Kernel
     kernel will automatically locate the crash kernel image within the
     first 512MB of RAM if X is not given.
- On arm64, use "crashkernel=Y[@X]". Note that the start address of
-   the kernel, X if explicitly specified, must be aligned to 2MiB (0x200000).
+   On arm64, use "crashkernel=X" to try low allocation in DMA zone and
+   fall back to high allocation if it fails.
+   We can also use "crashkernel=X,high" to select a high region above
+   DMA zone, which also tries to allocate at least 256M low memory in
+   DMA zone automatically.
+   "crashkernel=Y,low" can be used to allocate specified size low memory.
+   Use "crashkernel=Y@X" if you really have to reserve memory from
+   specified start address X. Note that the start address of the kernel,
+   X if explicitly specified, must be aligned to 2MiB (0x200000).
Load the Dump-capture Kernel
  ============================
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9725c546a0d46db..91f3a8dc537d404 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -783,6 +783,9 @@
  			[KNL, X86-64] Select a region under 4G first, and
  			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
  			hasn't been specified.
+			[KNL, ARM64] Try low allocation in DMA zone and fall back
+			to high allocation if it fails when '@offset' hasn't been
+			specified.
  			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
@@ -799,6 +802,8 @@
  			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
  			available.
  			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
+			[KNL, ARM64] range in high memory.
+			Allow kernel to allocate physical memory region from top.
  	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
  			[KNL, X86-64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
  			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
@@ -807,13 +812,15 @@
  			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
  			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
  			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
-			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
+			least 256M below 4G automatically.
  			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
  			for second kernel instead.
  			0: to disable low allocation.
  			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
  			or memory reserved is below 4G.
-
+			[KNL, ARM64] range in low memory.
+			This one let user to specify a low range in DMA zone for
+			crash dump kernel.
  	cryptomgr.notests
  			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests




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