On 2020/3/5 18:13, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 8:57 PM Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Crashkernel=X tries to reserve memory for the crash dump kernel under
>> 4G. If crashkernel=X,low is specified simultaneously, reserve spcified
>> size low memory for crash kdump kernel devices firstly and then reserve
>> memory above 4G.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c | 8 +++++++-
>> arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>> 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
>> index 56f6645..04d1c87 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
>> @@ -238,7 +238,13 @@ static void __init request_standard_resources(void)
>> kernel_data.end <= res->end)
>> request_resource(res, &kernel_data);
>> #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE
>> - /* Userspace will find "Crash kernel" region in /proc/iomem. */
>> + /*
>> + * Userspace will find "Crash kernel" region in /proc/iomem.
>> + * Note: the low region is renamed as Crash kernel (low).
>> + */
>> + if (crashk_low_res.end && crashk_low_res.start >= res->start &&
>> + crashk_low_res.end <= res->end)
>> + request_resource(res, &crashk_low_res);
>> if (crashk_res.end && crashk_res.start >= res->start &&
>> crashk_res.end <= res->end)
>> request_resource(res, &crashk_res);
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>> index b65dffd..0d7afd5 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>> @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
>> {
>> unsigned long long crash_base, crash_size;
>> int ret;
>> + phys_addr_t crash_max = arm64_dma32_phys_limit;
>>
>> ret = parse_crashkernel(boot_command_line, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
>> &crash_size, &crash_base);
>> @@ -87,12 +88,38 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
>> if (ret || !crash_size)
>> return;
>>
>> + ret = reserve_crashkernel_low();
>> + if (!ret && crashk_low_res.end) {
>> + /*
>> + * If crashkernel=X,low specified, there may be two regions,
>> + * we need to make some changes as follows:
>> + *
>> + * 1. rename the low region as "Crash kernel (low)"
>> + * In order to distinct from the high region and make no effect
>> + * to the use of existing kexec-tools, rename the low region as
>> + * "Crash kernel (low)".
>> + *
>> + * 2. change the upper bound for crash memory
>> + * Set MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE upper bound for crash memory.
>> + *
>> + * 3. mark the low region as "nomap"
>> + * The low region is intended to be used for crash dump kernel
>> + * devices, just mark the low region as "nomap" simply.
>> + */
>> + const char *rename = "Crash kernel (low)";
>> +
>> + crashk_low_res.name = rename;
>> + crash_max = MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE;
>> + memblock_mark_nomap(crashk_low_res.start,
>> + resource_size(&crashk_low_res));
>> + }
>> +
>> crash_size = PAGE_ALIGN(crash_size);
>>
>> if (crash_base == 0) {
>> /* Current arm64 boot protocol requires 2MB alignment */
>> - crash_base = memblock_find_in_range(0, arm64_dma32_phys_limit,
>> - crash_size, SZ_2M);
>> + crash_base = memblock_find_in_range(0, crash_max, crash_size,
>> + SZ_2M);
>> if (crash_base == 0) {
>> pr_warn("cannot allocate crashkernel (size:0x%llx)\n",
>> crash_size);
>> --
>
> I tested this patch series on ARM64-ThunderX2 with no issue with
> bootargs crashkenel=X@Y crashkernel=250M,low
>
> $ dmesg | grep crash
> [ 0.000000] crashkernel reserved: 0x0000000b81200000 -
> 0x0000000c81200000 (4096 MB)
> [ 0.000000] Kernel command line:
> BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.6.0-rc4+
> root=UUID=866b8df3-14f4-4e11-95a1-74a90ee9b694 ro
> crashkernel=4G@0xb81200000 crashkernel=250M,low nowatchdog earlycon
> [ 29.310209] crashkernel=250M,low
>
> $ kexec -p -i /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
> --initrd=/boot/initrd.img-`uname -r` --reuse-cmdline
> $ echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq ; echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger
>
> But when i tried with crashkernel=4G crashkernel=250M,low as bootargs.
> Kernel is not able to allocate memory.
> [ 0.000000] cannot allocate crashkernel (size:0x100000000)
> [ 0.000000] Kernel command line:
> BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.6.0-rc4+
> root=UUID=866b8df3-14f4-4e11-95a1-74a90ee9b694 ro crashkernel=4G
> crashkernel=250M,low nowatchdog
> [ 29.332081] crashkernel=250M,low
>
> does crashkernel=X@Y mandatory to get allocated beyond 4G?
> am I missing something?
I can't reproduce the problem in my environment, can you test with other size,
such as "crashkernel=1G crashkernel=250M,low", see if there is the same issue.
Besides, crashkernel=X@Y isn't mandatory to get allocated beyond 4G,
can you show the whole file /proc/iomem.
Thanks,
Chen Zhou
>
> --pk
>
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