Fadump kernel reserves significant number of memory blocks. On a multi-node
machine, with CONFIG_DEFFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE support, fadump kernel fails to
boot. Fix this by disabling deferred page struct initialisation.
Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index 3cb3b02a..117faf2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ int __init fadump_reserve_mem(void)
be64_to_cpu(fdm_active->rmr_region.source_len);
pr_debug("fadumphdr_addr = %p\n",
(void *) fw_dump.fadumphdr_addr);
+ disable_deferred_meminit();
} else {
/* Reserve the memory at the top of memory. */
size = get_fadump_area_size();
--
1.8.5.6
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