The patch titled
kexec: make extended crashkernel= syntax less confusing
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
kexec-make-extended-crashkernel=-syntax-less-confusing.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: kexec: make extended crashkernel= syntax less confusing
From: Michael Ellerman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The extended crashkernel syntax is a little confusing in the way it handles
ranges. eg:
crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M
Means if the machine has between 512M and 2G of memory the crash region should
be 64M, and if the machine has 2G of memory the region should be 64M. Only if
the machine has more than 2G memory will 128M be allocated.
Although that semantic is correct, it is somewhat baffling. Instead I propose
that the end of the range means the first address past the end of the range,
ie: 512M up to but not including 2G.
[bwalle@xxxxxxx: clarify inclusive/exclusive in crashkernel commandline in documentation]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 5 ++++-
kernel/kexec.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt~kexec-make-extended-crashkernel=-syntax-less-confusing Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
--- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt~kexec-make-extended-crashkernel=-syntax-less-confusing
+++ a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ The syntax is:
crashkernel=<range1>:<size1>[,<range2>:<size2>,...][@offset]
range=start-[end]
+ 'start' is inclusive and 'end' is exclusive.
+
For example:
crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M
@@ -253,10 +255,11 @@ This would mean:
1) if the RAM is smaller than 512M, then don't reserve anything
(this is the "rescue" case)
- 2) if the RAM size is between 512M and 2G, then reserve 64M
+ 2) if the RAM size is between 512M and 2G (exclusive), then reserve 64M
3) if the RAM size is larger than 2G, then reserve 128M
+
Boot into System Kernel
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diff -puN kernel/kexec.c~kexec-make-extended-crashkernel=-syntax-less-confusing kernel/kexec.c
--- a/kernel/kexec.c~kexec-make-extended-crashkernel=-syntax-less-confusing
+++ a/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ static int __init parse_crashkernel_mem(
}
/* match ? */
- if (system_ram >= start && system_ram <= end) {
+ if (system_ram >= start && system_ram < end) {
*crash_size = size;
break;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
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