linux-kernel - Re: kdump broken on 2.6.37-rc4

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Date:	Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:06:18 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
CC:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Maxim Uvarov <muvarov@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@...hat.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Subject: Re: kdump broken on 2.6.37-rc4

On 12/16/2010 04:39 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> 
> and use that to estimate BRK size.
> 
> so we could change the BRK calculating code to handle 896M or just limit crashkernel for 32bit to 512M...
> 
> handle 896M one:
> 


Grmf... this was originally 4 GiB, but someone tried to tighten the
bound.  I think we should set it back to 4 GiB; 896 MiB is still
approximate.

Oh yes, this isn't how to write this, either...

> + * to make crashkernel bzImage to stay high, make it map to 896M
> + *  but it will be claimed back when brk is concluded. So no wasting.
>   */
> -KERNEL_PAGES = (KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE + MAPPING_BEYOND_END)>>PAGE_SHIFT
> +KERNEL_PAGES = (KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE + (384<<20) + MAPPING_BEYOND_END)>>PAGE_SHIFT

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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