On ia64 platform, I set "crashkernel=1024M-:600M", and dmesg shows 128M-728M memory is reserved for crash kernel. Then "echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger" to test kdump. When crash kernel booting, efi_init() will aligns the memory address in IA64_GRANULE_SIZE(16M), so 720M-728M memory will be dropped, It means crash kernel only manage 128M-720M memory. But initrd start and end are fixed in boot loader, it is before efi_init(), so initrd size maybe overflow when free_initrd_mem(). Here is the dmesg when crash kernel booting: ... Ignoring memory below 128MB Ignoring memory above 720MB // aligns the address in IA64_GRANULE_SIZE(16M) ... Initial ramdisk at: 0xe00000002c3f0000 (20176579 bytes) // initrd uses 707M-726M memory ... Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-STEC_MACH16_M16ISD2-100UCT_STM000142A2D-part3 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 initcall_debug elevator=deadline sysrq=1 reset_devices irqpoll maxcpus=1 initcall_debug linuxrc=trace elfcorehdr=745216K max_addr=728M min_addr=128M // show crash kernel parameters ... Unpacking initramfs... // called by populate_rootfs() Freeing initrd memory: 19648kB freed // called by free_initrd()->free_initrd_mem() BUG: Bad page state in process swapper pfn:02d00 // it is a mistake to free over 720M memory to OS (ia64's page size is 64KB) page:e0000000102dd800 flags:(null) count:0 mapcount:1 mapping:(null) index:0 Call Trace: [<a000000100018dc0>] show_stack+0x80/0xa0 sp=e000000021e8fbd0 bsp=e000000021e81360 [<a00000010090fcc0>] dump_stack+0x30/0x50 sp=e000000021e8fda0 bsp=e000000021e81348 [<a0000001001a3180>] bad_page+0x280/0x380 sp=e000000021e8fda0 bsp=e000000021e81308 [<a0000001001a8740>] free_hot_cold_page+0x3a0/0x5c0 sp=e000000021e8fda0 bsp=e000000021e812a0 [<a0000001001a8a50>] free_hot_page+0x30/0x60 sp=e000000021e8fda0 bsp=e000000021e81280 [<a0000001001a8b30>] __free_pages+0xb0/0xe0 sp=e000000021e8fda0 bsp=e000000021e81258 [<a0000001001a8c00>] free_pages+0xa0/0xc0 sp=e000000021e8fda0 bsp=e000000021e81230 [<a000000100bb40c0>] free_initrd_mem+0x230/0x290 sp=e000000021e8fda0 bsp=e000000021e811d8 [<a000000100ba6620>] populate_rootfs+0x1c0/0x280 sp=e000000021e8fdb0 bsp=e000000021e811a0 [<a00000010000ac30>] do_one_initcall+0x3b0/0x3e0 sp=e000000021e8fdb0 bsp=e000000021e81158 [<a000000100ba0a90>] kernel_init+0x3f0/0x4b0 sp=e000000021e8fdb0 bsp=e000000021e81108 [<a000000100016890>] kernel_thread_helper+0xd0/0x100 sp=e000000021e8fe30 bsp=e000000021e810e0 [<a00000010000a4c0>] start_kernel_thread+0x20/0x40 sp=e000000021e8fe30 bsp=e000000021e810e0 Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint BUG: Bad page state in process swapper pfn:02d01 page:e0000000102dd838 flags:(null) count:0 mapcount:1 mapping:(null) index:0 Call Trace: [<a000000100018dc0>] show_stack+0x80/0xa0 sp=e000000021e8fbd0 bsp=e000000021e81360 [<a00000010090fcc0>] dump_stack+0x30/0x50 sp=e000000021e8fda0 bsp=e000000021e81348 [<a0000001001a3180>] bad_page+0x280/0x380 sp=e000000021e8fda0 bsp=e000000021e81308 [<a0000001001a8740>] free_hot_cold_page+0x3a0/0x5c0 sp=e000000021e8fda0 bsp=e000000021e812a0 [<a0000001001a8a50>] free_hot_page+0x30/0x60 sp=e000000021e8fda0 bsp=e000000021e81280 [<a0000001001a8b30>] __free_pages+0xb0/0xe0 sp=e000000021e8fda0 bsp=e000000021e81258 [<a0000001001a8c00>] free_pages+0xa0/0xc0 sp=e000000021e8fda0 bsp=e000000021e81230 [<a000000100bb40c0>] free_initrd_mem+0x230/0x290 sp=e000000021e8fda0 bsp=e000000021e811d8 [<a000000100ba6620>] populate_rootfs+0x1c0/0x280 sp=e000000021e8fdb0 bsp=e000000021e811a0 [<a00000010000ac30>] do_one_initcall+0x3b0/0x3e0 sp=e000000021e8fdb0 bsp=e000000021e81158 [<a000000100ba0a90>] kernel_init+0x3f0/0x4b0 sp=e000000021e8fdb0 bsp=e000000021e81108 [<a000000100016890>] kernel_thread_helper+0xd0/0x100 sp=e000000021e8fe30 bsp=e000000021e810e0 [<a00000010000a4c0>] start_kernel_thread+0x20/0x40 sp=e000000021e8fe30 bsp=e000000021e810e0 ... Signed-off-by: Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/ia64/include/asm/meminit.h | 2 ++ arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c | 2 +- arch/ia64/mm/init.c | 11 +++++++++++ 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/meminit.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/meminit.h index 61c7b17..925ecb5 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/meminit.h +++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/meminit.h @@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ extern int reserve_elfcorehdr(u64 *start, u64 *end); #define GRANULEROUNDDOWN(n) ((n) & ~(IA64_GRANULE_SIZE-1)) #define GRANULEROUNDUP(n) (((n)+IA64_GRANULE_SIZE-1) & ~(IA64_GRANULE_SIZE-1)) +extern u64 max_addr; + #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA extern void call_pernode_memory (unsigned long start, unsigned long len, void *func); #else diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c index f034563..f6522cb 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extern efi_status_t efi_call_phys (void *, ...); struct efi efi; EXPORT_SYMBOL(efi); static efi_runtime_services_t *runtime; -static u64 mem_limit = ~0UL, max_addr = ~0UL, min_addr = 0UL; +u64 mem_limit = ~0UL, max_addr = ~0UL, min_addr = 0UL; #define efi_call_virt(f, args...) (*(f))(args) diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c index b755ea9..cfdb1eb 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c @@ -207,6 +207,17 @@ free_initrd_mem (unsigned long start, unsigned long end) start = PAGE_ALIGN(start); end = end & PAGE_MASK; + /* + * Initrd size is fixed in boot loader, but kernel parameter max_addr + * which aligns in granules is fixed after boot loader, so initrd size + * maybe overflow. + */ + if (max_addr != ~0UL) { + end = GRANULEROUNDDOWN(end); + if (start > end) + start = end; + } + if (start < end) printk(KERN_INFO "Freeing initrd memory: %ldkB freed\n", (end - start) >> 10); -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>