The kdump kernel should not preserve or restore pages. Signed-off-by: Anthony Yznaga <anthony.yznaga@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/pkram.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/pkram.c b/mm/pkram.c index 95e691382721..4d4d836fea53 100644 --- a/mm/pkram.c +++ b/mm/pkram.c @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +#include <linux/crash_dump.h> #include <linux/err.h> #include <linux/gfp.h> #include <linux/highmem.h> @@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ void __init pkram_reserve(void) { int err = 0; - if (!pkram_sb_pfn) + if (!pkram_sb_pfn || is_kdump_kernel()) return; pr_info("PKRAM: Examining preserved memory...\n"); @@ -305,6 +306,9 @@ static void pkram_show_banned(void) int i; unsigned long n, total = 0; + if (is_kdump_kernel()) + return; + pr_info("PKRAM: banned regions:\n"); for (i = 0; i < nr_banned; i++) { n = banned[i].end - banned[i].start + 1; @@ -1223,7 +1227,7 @@ static int __init pkram_init_sb(void) static int __init pkram_init(void) { - if (pkram_init_sb()) { + if (!is_kdump_kernel() && pkram_init_sb()) { register_reboot_notifier(&pkram_reboot_notifier); register_shrinker(&banned_pages_shrinker); sysfs_update_group(kernel_kobj, &pkram_attr_group); -- 2.13.3