Re: am335x: load a kernel with integrated initramfs

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Hi Sascha,

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 4:36 PM Yegor Yefremov
<yegorslists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 4:35 PM Yegor Yefremov
> <yegorslists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 10:58 AM Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 05:21:16PM +0100, Yegor Yefremov wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 8:35 AM Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 01:22:33PM +0100, Yegor Yefremov wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Sascha,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 9:30 AM Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Yegor,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 09:29:04AM +0100, Yegor Yefremov wrote:
> > > > > > > > I get an "handler failed with: Out of memory" message when trying to
> > > > > > > > load my 22MB large kernel-fit.itb. Below you can see the related log:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > mounted /dev/nand0.UBI.ubi.kernel on /mnt/nand0.UBI.ubi.kernel
> > > > > > > > YY: bootm_boot
> > > > > > > > YY: read file 0, size 22661672, PAGE_SIZE 4096
> > > > > > > > YY: fit_open
> > > > > > > > FIT: Opened FIT image: Simple image with single Linux kernel and FDT blob
> > > > > > > > FIT: configuration 'conf221@1': Boot Linux kernel with FDT blob (221)
> > > > > > > > FIT: image 'kernel@1': 'Vanilla Linux kernel'
> > > > > > > > FIT: /images/kernel@1/hash@1: hash OK
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Loading open firmware Device Tree flattened Binary
> > > > > > > > '/mnt/nand0.UBI.ubi.kernel/kernel-fit.itb'
> > > > > > > > OS image not yet relocated
> > > > > > > > Passing control to FIT image handler
> > > > > > > > YY: do_bootm_linux
> > > > > > > > YY: before bootm_load_os
> > > > > > > > YY: bootm_load_os
> > > > > > > > YY: kernel size 22484352
> > > > > > > > YY: for each memory bank: size 22484352
> > > > > > > > __request_region: 0x86b37000:0x880a857f conflicts with 0x87efe860:0x8fdfd0bf
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > So your kernel has a size of 22484352 bytes. We want to places the
> > > > > > > kernel at a place where we do not risk that it overwrites itself during
> > > > > > > decompression. We assume that the kernel gets five times bigger during
> > > > > > > decompression. So we put it at 0x80000000 + 22484352 * 5. Here the image
> > > > > > > takes 22484352 bytes, so ends at 0x80000000 + 22484352 * (5 + 1) which
> > > > > > > is already inside the malloc area.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Try the attached patch, it should solve that issue.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > No, it doesn't. But reducing the malloc size helped. I have tried the
> > > > > > reduced size with and without the fix.
> > > > >
> > > > > Nevertheless I would still be interested why the patch doesn't work.
> > > > > Care to have a look? Some printfs of the addresses would be enough to
> > > > > give me a clue.
> > > >
> > > > Loading open firmware Device Tree flattened Binary
> > > > '/mnt/nand0.UBI.ubi.kernel/kernel-fit.itb'
> > > > YY: mem_start 80000000, mem_size 133163104
> > > > YY: image_decomp_size 112422912
> > > > YY: mem_end 87efe85f
> > > > YY: kaddr initial 86b37000
> > > > YY: kaddr final 8688d2df
> > > > YY: load_address 8688d000
> > > > YY: mem_free 87eff000
> > > > FIT: image 'fdt220@1': 'Flattened Device Tree blob (220)'
> > > > FIT: /images/fdt220@1/hash@1: hash OK
> > > > handler failed with: Out of memory
> > > >
> > > > I hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Yes, that helps, thanks. It seems the kernel now fits into the available
> > > memory, but now there's no space left above the kernel to place the
> > > device tree, at least that's what I assume.
> >
> > So the solution with reduced malloc size still holds.
> >
> > While we are at it, could you add CONFIG_MALLOC_SIZE and other config
> > options in the related Kconfig?
>
> I mean the help texts?

I slowly came to a limit of my kernel-fit.itb. My CONFIG_MALLOC_SIZE
is now 0x2000000 (32MB). With this setting, I could successfully start
a 26MB big file. But 29MB doesn't work, i.e. barebox doesn't complain
but kernel doesn't really boot:

barebox> / mount /dev/mmc0.1 && bootm
/mnt/mmc0.1/root/kernel-fit.itb@conf$global.board.id@1
ext4 ext40: EXT2 rev 1, inode_size 128, descriptor size 32
mounted /dev/mmc0.1 on /mnt/mmc0.1
FIT: Opened FIT image: Simple image with single Linux kernel and FDT blob
FIT: configuration 'conf221@1': Boot Linux kernel with FDT blob (221)
FIT: image 'kernel@1': 'Vanilla Linux kernel'
FIT: /images/kernel@1/hash@1: hash OK

Loading open firmware Device Tree flattened Binary
'/mnt/mmc0.1/root/kernel-fit.itb'
YY: mem_start 80000000, mem_size 224383168
YY: image_decomp_size 146268160
YY: mem_end 8d5fd0bf
YY: kaddr initial 88b7e000
YY: kaddr final 88b7e000
YY: load_address 88b7e000
YY: mem_free 8a864000
FIT: image 'fdt220@1': 'Flattened Device Tree blob (220)'
FIT: /images/fdt220@1/hash@1: hash OK
commandline:  console=ttyO0,115200n8

I have tested this with and without your patch. File sizes:

kernel-fit.itb 29M
rootfs.cpio 81M
zImage 28M
Image 38M

If I understand it correctly the decompressed size is 81M + 38M + DTB
is about 120MB.

Any idea?

Yegor

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