linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 5/6] x86, acpi, crash, kdump: Do reserve

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Message-ID: <524456C3.4000904@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:46:11 +0800
From:	Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@...il.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, lenb@...nel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, mingo@...e.hu,
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	imtangchen@...il.com, Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 5/6] x86, acpi, crash, kdump: Do reserve_crashkernel()
 after SRAT is parsed

On 09/26/2013 10:49 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 02:34:34AM +0800, Zhang Yanfei wrote:
>> From: Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>
>>
>> Memory reserved for crashkernel could be large. So we should not allocate
>> this memory bottom up from the end of kernel image.
>>
>> When SRAT is parsed, we will be able to know whihc memory is hotpluggable,
>> and we can avoid allocating this memory for the kernel. So reorder
>> reserve_crashkernel() after SRAT is parsed.
>>
>> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> 
> So, I was hoping to hear from you on how you tested it when I wrote
> the previous comment - the "provided..." part.
> 

This function is actually used for kexec/kdump. So After applying 
this patch, booting the kernel, this reservation is successful and
the kdump service starts successfully.

Thanks.

-- 
Thanks.
Zhang Yanfei
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