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Message-ID: <183118826.40770917.1510839263526.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 08:34:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@...hat.com>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, somlo@....edu, qemu-devel@...gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 5/5] fw_cfg: write vmcoreinfo details
Hi
----- Original Message -----
> On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 08:29:58PM +0100, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> > If the "etc/vmcoreinfo" fw_cfg file is present and we are not running
> > the kdump kernel, write the addr/size of the vmcoreinfo ELF note.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@...hat.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Gabriel Somlo <somlo@....edu>
> > ---
> > drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c | 87
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
> > b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
> > index 2ac4cd869fe6..7a70e7a549f6 100644
> > --- a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
> > +++ b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
> > @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
> > #include <linux/ioport.h>
> > #include <linux/delay.h>
> > #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
> > +#include <linux/crash_core.h>
> > +#include <linux/crash_dump.h>
> >
> > MODULE_AUTHOR("Gabriel L. Somlo <somlo@....edu>");
> > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("QEMU fw_cfg sysfs support");
> > @@ -59,6 +61,8 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > /* fw_cfg "file name" is up to 56 characters (including terminating nul)
> > */
> > #define FW_CFG_MAX_FILE_PATH 56
> >
> > +#define VMCOREINFO_FORMAT_ELF 0x1
> > +
> > /* platform device for dma mapping */
> > static struct device *dev;
> >
> > @@ -127,7 +131,8 @@ static ssize_t fw_cfg_dma_transfer(void *address, u32
> > length, u32 control)
> > dma_addr_t dma;
> > ssize_t ret = length;
> > enum dma_data_direction dir =
> > - (control & FW_CFG_DMA_CTL_READ ? DMA_FROM_DEVICE : 0);
> > + (control & FW_CFG_DMA_CTL_READ ? DMA_FROM_DEVICE : 0) |
> > + (control & FW_CFG_DMA_CTL_WRITE ? DMA_TO_DEVICE : 0);
> >
> > if (address && length) {
> > dma_addr = dma_map_single(dev, address, length, dir);
> > @@ -225,6 +230,48 @@ static ssize_t fw_cfg_read_blob(u16 key,
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_CORE
> > +/* write chunk of given fw_cfg blob (caller responsible for sanity-check)
> > */
> > +static ssize_t fw_cfg_write_blob(u16 key,
> > + void *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
> > +{
> > + u32 glk = -1U;
> > + acpi_status status;
> > + ssize_t ret = count;
> > +
> > + /* If we have ACPI, ensure mutual exclusion against any potential
> > + * device access by the firmware, e.g. via AML methods:
> > + */
> > + status = acpi_acquire_global_lock(ACPI_WAIT_FOREVER, &glk);
> > + if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) && status != AE_NOT_CONFIGURED) {
> > + /* Should never get here */
> > + WARN(1, "%s: Failed to lock ACPI!\n", __func__);
> > + memset(buf, 0, count);
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > + }
> > +
> > + mutex_lock(&fw_cfg_dev_lock);
> > + if (pos == 0) {
> > + ret = fw_cfg_dma_transfer(buf, count, key << 16
> > + | FW_CFG_DMA_CTL_SELECT
> > + | FW_CFG_DMA_CTL_WRITE);
> > + } else {
> > + iowrite16(fw_cfg_sel_endianness(key), fw_cfg_reg_ctrl);
> > + ret = fw_cfg_dma_transfer(NULL, pos, FW_CFG_DMA_CTL_SKIP);
> > + if (ret < 0)
> > + goto end;
> > + ret = fw_cfg_dma_transfer(buf, count, FW_CFG_DMA_CTL_WRITE);
> > + }
> > +
> > +end:
> > + mutex_unlock(&fw_cfg_dev_lock);
> > +
> > + acpi_release_global_lock(glk);
> > +
> > + return ret;
> > +}
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_CORE */
> > +
> > /* clean up fw_cfg device i/o */
> > static void fw_cfg_io_cleanup(void)
> > {
> > @@ -343,6 +390,37 @@ struct fw_cfg_sysfs_entry {
> > struct list_head list;
> > };
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_CORE
> > +static ssize_t write_vmcoreinfo(const struct fw_cfg_file *f)
> > +{
> > + struct vmci {
> > + __le16 host_format;
> > + __le16 guest_format;
> > + __le32 size;
> > + __le64 paddr;
> > + } __packed;
> > + struct vmci *data;
> > + ssize_t ret;
> > +
> > + data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct vmci), GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
> > + if (!data)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
>
> It's a small bit of data - you can just keep it in a global variable,
> this way failures won't be an issue.
It would still need to be allocated with GFP_DMA. Since it's a one time thing, this is just moving the problem isn't it?
>
> > +
> > + /* spare ourself reading host format support for now since we
> > + * don't know what else to format - host may ignore ours
> > + */
> > + *data = (struct vmci) {
> > + .guest_format = cpu_to_le16(VMCOREINFO_FORMAT_ELF),
> > + .size = cpu_to_le32(VMCOREINFO_NOTE_SIZE),
> > + .paddr = cpu_to_le64(paddr_vmcoreinfo_note())
> > + };
> > + ret = fw_cfg_write_blob(f->select, data, 0, sizeof(struct vmci));
> > +
> > + kfree(data);
> > + return ret;
> > +}
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_CORE */
> > +
> > /* get fw_cfg_sysfs_entry from kobject member */
> > static inline struct fw_cfg_sysfs_entry *to_entry(struct kobject *kobj)
> > {
> > @@ -582,6 +660,13 @@ static int fw_cfg_register_file(const struct
> > fw_cfg_file *f)
> > int err;
> > struct fw_cfg_sysfs_entry *entry;
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_CORE
> > + if (strcmp(f->name, "etc/vmcoreinfo") == 0 && !is_kdump_kernel()) {
> > + if (write_vmcoreinfo(f) < 0)
> > + pr_warn("fw_cfg: failed to write vmcoreinfo");
> > + }
> > +#endif
> > +
> > /* allocate new entry */
> > entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (!entry)
> > --
> > 2.15.0.125.g8f49766d64
>
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