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Date:   Wed, 11 Mar 2020 08:12:07 +0530
From:   Prabhakar Kushwaha <prabhakar.pkin@...il.com>
To:     John Donnelly <john.p.donnelly@...cle.com>,
        Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@...wei.com>,
        Ganapatrao Prabhakerrao Kulkarni <gkulkarni@...vell.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@...hat.com>
Cc:     kexec mailing list <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/4] arm64: kdump: reserve crashkenel above 4G for
 crash dump kernel

Dear John,


On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 11:25 PM John Donnelly
<john.p.donnelly@...cle.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Mar 10, 2020, at 12:34 PM, John Donnelly <John.P.Donnelly@...cle.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 3/10/20 12:04 PM, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
> >> On 3/9/2020 11:53 PM, John Donnelly wrote:
> >>> On 3/9/20 10:51 AM, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
> >>>> On 3/9/2020 10:18 AM, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
> >>>>> Hi Chen,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 4:36 PM Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@...wei.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 2020/3/5 18:13, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
> >>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 8:57 PM Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@...wei.com>
> >>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Crashkernel=X tries to reserve memory for the crash dump kernel under
> >>>>>>>> 4G. If crashkernel=X,low is specified simultaneously, reserve
> >>>>>>>> spcified
> >>>>>>>> size low memory for crash kdump kernel devices firstly and then
> >>>>>>>> reserve
> >>>>>>>> memory above 4G.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@...wei.com>
> >>>>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>>>   arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c |  8 +++++++-
> >>>>>>>>   arch/arm64/mm/init.c      | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >>>>>>>>   2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> >>>>>>>> index 56f6645..04d1c87 100644
> >>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> >>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> >>>>>>>> @@ -238,7 +238,13 @@ static void __init
> >>>>>>>> request_standard_resources(void)
> >>>>>>>>                      kernel_data.end <= res->end)
> >>>>>>>>                          request_resource(res, &kernel_data);
> >>>>>>>>   #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE
> >>>>>>>> -               /* Userspace will find "Crash kernel" region in
> >>>>>>>> /proc/iomem. */
> >>>>>>>> +               /*
> >>>>>>>> +                * Userspace will find "Crash kernel" region in
> >>>>>>>> /proc/iomem.
> >>>>>>>> +                * Note: the low region is renamed as Crash kernel
> >>>>>>>> (low).
> >>>>>>>> +                */
> >>>>>>>> +               if (crashk_low_res.end && crashk_low_res.start >=
> >>>>>>>> res->start &&
> >>>>>>>> +                               crashk_low_res.end <= res->end)
> >>>>>>>> +                       request_resource(res, &crashk_low_res);
> >>>>>>>>                  if (crashk_res.end && crashk_res.start >=
> >>>>>>>> res->start &&
> >>>>>>>>                      crashk_res.end <= res->end)
> >>>>>>>>                          request_resource(res, &crashk_res);
> >>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> >>>>>>>> index b65dffd..0d7afd5 100644
> >>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> >>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> >>>>>>>> @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
> >>>>>>>>   {
> >>>>>>>>          unsigned long long crash_base, crash_size;
> >>>>>>>>          int ret;
> >>>>>>>> +       phys_addr_t crash_max = arm64_dma32_phys_limit;
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>          ret = parse_crashkernel(boot_command_line,
> >>>>>>>> memblock_phys_mem_size(),
> >>>>>>>>                                  &crash_size, &crash_base);
> >>>>>>>> @@ -87,12 +88,38 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
> >>>>>>>>          if (ret || !crash_size)
> >>>>>>>>                  return;
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> +       ret = reserve_crashkernel_low();
> >>>>>>>> +       if (!ret && crashk_low_res.end) {
> >>>>>>>> +               /*
> >>>>>>>> +                * If crashkernel=X,low specified, there may be
> >>>>>>>> two regions,
> >>>>>>>> +                * we need to make some changes as follows:
> >>>>>>>> +                *
> >>>>>>>> +                * 1. rename the low region as "Crash kernel (low)"
> >>>>>>>> +                * In order to distinct from the high region and
> >>>>>>>> make no effect
> >>>>>>>> +                * to the use of existing kexec-tools, rename the
> >>>>>>>> low region as
> >>>>>>>> +                * "Crash kernel (low)".
> >>>>>>>> +                *
> >>>>>>>> +                * 2. change the upper bound for crash memory
> >>>>>>>> +                * Set MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE upper bound for
> >>>>>>>> crash memory.
> >>>>>>>> +                *
> >>>>>>>> +                * 3. mark the low region as "nomap"
> >>>>>>>> +                * The low region is intended to be used for crash
> >>>>>>>> dump kernel
> >>>>>>>> +                * devices, just mark the low region as "nomap"
> >>>>>>>> simply.
> >>>>>>>> +                */
> >>>>>>>> +               const char *rename = "Crash kernel (low)";
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +               crashk_low_res.name = rename;
> >>>>>>>> +               crash_max = MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE;
> >>>>>>>> +               memblock_mark_nomap(crashk_low_res.start,
> >>>>>>>> +                                   resource_size(&crashk_low_res));
> >>>>>>>> +       }
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>>          crash_size = PAGE_ALIGN(crash_size);
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>          if (crash_base == 0) {
> >>>>>>>>                  /* Current arm64 boot protocol requires 2MB
> >>>>>>>> alignment */
> >>>>>>>> -               crash_base = memblock_find_in_range(0,
> >>>>>>>> arm64_dma32_phys_limit,
> >>>>>>>> -                               crash_size, SZ_2M);
> >>>>>>>> +               crash_base = memblock_find_in_range(0, crash_max,
> >>>>>>>> crash_size,
> >>>>>>>> +                               SZ_2M);
> >>>>>>>>                  if (crash_base == 0) {
> >>>>>>>>                          pr_warn("cannot allocate crashkernel
> >>>>>>>> (size:0x%llx)\n",
> >>>>>>>>                                  crash_size);
> >>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I tested this patch series on ARM64-ThunderX2 with no issue with
> >>>>>>> bootargs crashkenel=X@Y crashkernel=250M,low
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> $ dmesg | grep crash
> >>>>>>> [    0.000000] crashkernel reserved: 0x0000000b81200000 -
> >>>>>>> 0x0000000c81200000 (4096 MB)
> >>>>>>> [    0.000000] Kernel command line:
> >>>>>>> BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.6.0-rc4+
> >>>>>>> root=UUID=866b8df3-14f4-4e11-95a1-74a90ee9b694 ro
> >>>>>>> crashkernel=4G@...81200000 crashkernel=250M,low nowatchdog earlycon
> >>>>>>> [   29.310209]     crashkernel=250M,low
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> $  kexec -p -i /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
> >>>>>>> --initrd=/boot/initrd.img-`uname -r` --reuse-cmdline
> >>>>>>> $ echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq ; echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> But when i tried with crashkernel=4G crashkernel=250M,low as bootargs.
> >>>>>>> Kernel is not able to allocate memory.
> >>>>>>> [    0.000000] cannot allocate crashkernel (size:0x100000000)
> >>>>>>> [    0.000000] Kernel command line:
> >>>>>>> BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.6.0-rc4+
> >>>>>>> root=UUID=866b8df3-14f4-4e11-95a1-74a90ee9b694 ro crashkernel=4G
> >>>>>>> crashkernel=250M,low nowatchdog
> >>>>>>> [   29.332081]     crashkernel=250M,low
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> does crashkernel=X@Y mandatory to get allocated beyond 4G?
> >>>>>>> am I missing something?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I can't reproduce the problem in my environment, can you test with
> >>>>>> other size,
> >>>>>> such as "crashkernel=1G crashkernel=250M,low", see if there is the
> >>>>>> same issue.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> I tried 1G also. Same error, please find the logs
> >>>>>
> >>>>> $ dmesg | grep crash
> >>>>> [    0.000000] cannot allocate crashkernel (size:0x40000000)
> >>>>> [    0.000000] Kernel command line:
> >>>>> BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.6.0-rc4+
> >>>>> root=UUID=866b8df3-14f4-4e11-95a1-74a90ee9b694 ro nowatchdog earlycon
> >>>>> crashkernel=1G crashkernel=250M,low
> >>>>> [   29.326916]     crashkernel=250M,low
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Besides, crashkernel=X@Y isn't mandatory to get allocated beyond 4G,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> this was my understanding also.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> can you show the whole file /proc/iomem.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> $ cat /proc/iomem
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI ECAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI ECAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:00
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:0f
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:10
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : 0000:10:00.0
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : 0000:10:00.0
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:01
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:05
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:09
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:10.0
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : ahci
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:10.1
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : ahci
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:80
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:83
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:83:00.0
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:83:00.0
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : nvme
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:89
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : e1000e
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : e1000e
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : e1000e
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:8d
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:8d:00.0
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:8d:00.0
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : mpt3sas
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : Kernel code
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : Kernel data
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901D:00
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901E:00
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901F:00
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV9006:00
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : CAV9006:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : ARMH0011:00
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : ARMH0011:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.0.auto
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.0.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.1.auto
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.1.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.2.auto
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.2.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:01
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901D:01
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:01
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901E:01
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:01
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901F:01
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:01
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV9007:06
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : CAV9007:06
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.3.auto
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.3.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.4.auto
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.4.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.5.auto
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.5.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:00
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:01
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:05
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : bnx2x
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : bnx2x
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : bnx2x
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : bnx2x
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : bnx2x
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : bnx2x
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:09
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : i40e
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : i40e
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : i40e
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>>        00000000-00000000 : i40e
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:0f.0
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : xhci-hcd
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:0f.0
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:0f.1
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : xhci-hcd
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:0f.1
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:10.0
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : ahci
> >>>>>    00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:10.1
> >>>>>      00000000-00000000 : ahci
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:80
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> resending with correct logs (after login as root)
> >>>>
> >>>> $ cat /proc/iomem
> >>>> 30000000-37ffffff : PCI ECAM
> >>>> 38000000-3fffffff : PCI ECAM
> >>>> 40000000-5fffffff : PCI Bus 0000:00
> >>>>    40000000-417fffff : PCI Bus 0000:0f
> >>>>      40000000-417fffff : PCI Bus 0000:10
> >>>>        40000000-40ffffff : 0000:10:00.0
> >>>>        41000000-4101ffff : 0000:10:00.0
> >>>>    41800000-418fffff : PCI Bus 0000:01
> >>>>      41800000-4183ffff : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>>      41840000-4187ffff : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>>    41900000-419fffff : PCI Bus 0000:05
> >>>>      41900000-4197ffff : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>>      41980000-419fffff : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>>    41a00000-41afffff : PCI Bus 0000:09
> >>>>      41a00000-41a7ffff : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>      41a80000-41afffff : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>    41b00000-41b0ffff : 0000:00:10.0
> >>>>      41b00000-41b0ffff : ahci
> >>>>    41b10000-41b1ffff : 0000:00:10.1
> >>>>      41b10000-41b1ffff : ahci
> >>>> 60000000-7fffffff : PCI Bus 0000:80
> >>>>    60000000-600fffff : PCI Bus 0000:83
> >>>>      60000000-6001ffff : 0000:83:00.0
> >>>>      60020000-60023fff : 0000:83:00.0
> >>>>        60020000-60023fff : nvme
> >>>>    60100000-601fffff : PCI Bus 0000:89
> >>>>      60100000-6017ffff : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>>        60100000-6017ffff : e1000e
> >>>>      60180000-601bffff : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>>      601c0000-601dffff : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>>        601c0000-601dffff : e1000e
> >>>>      601e0000-601e3fff : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>>        601e0000-601e3fff : e1000e
> >>>>    60200000-603fffff : PCI Bus 0000:8d
> >>>>      60200000-602fffff : 0000:8d:00.0
> >>>>      60300000-6030ffff : 0000:8d:00.0
> >>>>        60300000-6030ffff : mpt3sas
> >>>> 802f0000-8030ffff : reserved
> >>>> e6247000-e6247fff : reserved
> >>>> e6720000-e690ffff : reserved
> >>>> e6a90000-e6a9ffff : reserved
> >>>> e6ab0000-e721ffff : reserved
> >>>> e7240000-e7240fff : reserved
> >>>> fac00000-fafdffff : reserved
> >>>> 400040400-40004041f : CAV901C:00
> >>>> 400040480-400040567 : CAV901D:00
> >>>>    400040480-400040567 : CAV901C:00
> >>>> 400040600-40004073b : CAV901E:00
> >>>>    400040600-40004073b : CAV901C:00
> >>>> 400041400-40004177f : CAV901F:00
> >>>>    400041400-40004177f : CAV901C:00
> >>>> 402000100-402000fff : CAV9006:00
> >>>>    402000100-402000fff : CAV9006:00
> >>>> 402020000-40202ffff : ARMH0011:00
> >>>>    402020000-40202ffff : ARMH0011:00
> >>>> 402300000-40230ffff : arm-smmu-v3.0.auto
> >>>>    402300000-40230ffff : arm-smmu-v3.0.auto
> >>>> 402320000-40232ffff : arm-smmu-v3.1.auto
> >>>>    402320000-40232ffff : arm-smmu-v3.1.auto
> >>>> 402340000-40234ffff : arm-smmu-v3.2.auto
> >>>>    402340000-40234ffff : arm-smmu-v3.2.auto
> >>>> 440040400-44004041f : CAV901C:01
> >>>> 440040480-440040567 : CAV901D:01
> >>>>    440040480-440040567 : CAV901C:01
> >>>> 440040600-44004073b : CAV901E:01
> >>>>    440040600-44004073b : CAV901C:01
> >>>> 440041400-44004177f : CAV901F:01
> >>>>    440041400-44004177f : CAV901C:01
> >>>> 4421a0000-4421affff : CAV9007:06
> >>>>    4421a0000-4421affff : CAV9007:06
> >>>> 442300000-44230ffff : arm-smmu-v3.3.auto
> >>>>    442300000-44230ffff : arm-smmu-v3.3.auto
> >>>> 442320000-44232ffff : arm-smmu-v3.4.auto
> >>>>    442320000-44232ffff : arm-smmu-v3.4.auto
> >>>> 442340000-44234ffff : arm-smmu-v3.5.auto
> >>>>    442340000-44234ffff : arm-smmu-v3.5.auto
> >>>> b81200000-c811fffff : System RAM
> >>>>    b81280000-b8270ffff : Kernel code
> >>>>    b82710000-b82dfffff : reserved
> >>>>    b82e00000-b83168fff : Kernel data
> >>>>    b83169000-baccd7fff : reserved
> >>>>    c78a00000-c7fffffff : reserved
> >>>>    c80129000-c801a9fff : reserved
> >>>>    c801aa000-c809e9fff : reserved
> >>>>    c809ec000-c809eefff : reserved
> >>>>    c809ef000-c811fffff : reserved
> >>>> 10000000000-13fffffffff : PCI Bus 0000:00
> >>>>    10000000000-100013fffff : PCI Bus 0000:01
> >>>>      10000000000-100007fffff : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>>      10000800000-10000ffffff : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>>      10001000000-1000101ffff : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>>      10001020000-1000103ffff : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>>      10001040000-1000104ffff : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>>      10001050000-1000105ffff : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>>    10001400000-100037fffff : PCI Bus 0000:05
> >>>>      10001400000-1000140ffff : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>>        10001400000-1000140ffff : bnx2x
> >>>>      10001410000-1000141ffff : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>>        10001410000-1000141ffff : bnx2x
> >>>>      10001800000-10001ffffff : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>>        10001800000-10001ffffff : bnx2x
> >>>>      10002000000-100027fffff : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>>        10002000000-100027fffff : bnx2x
> >>>>      10002800000-10002ffffff : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>>        10002800000-10002ffffff : bnx2x
> >>>>      10003000000-100037fffff : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>>        10003000000-100037fffff : bnx2x
> >>>>    10003800000-100053fffff : PCI Bus 0000:09
> >>>>      10003800000-10003ffffff : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>        10003800000-10003ffffff : i40e
> >>>>      10004000000-100047fffff : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>        10004000000-100047fffff : i40e
> >>>>      10004800000-10004bfffff : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>      10004c00000-10004ffffff : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>      10005000000-10005007fff : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>        10005000000-10005007fff : i40e
> >>>>      10005008000-1000500ffff : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>        10005008000-1000500ffff : i40e
> >>>>      10005010000-1000510ffff : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>      10005110000-1000520ffff : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>    10005400000-1000540ffff : 0000:00:0f.0
> >>>>      10005400000-1000540ffff : xhci-hcd
> >>>>    10005410000-1000541ffff : 0000:00:0f.0
> >>>>    10005420000-1000542ffff : 0000:00:0f.1
> >>>>      10005420000-1000542ffff : xhci-hcd
> >>>>    10005430000-1000543ffff : 0000:00:0f.1
> >>>>    10005440000-1000544ffff : 0000:00:10.0
> >>>>      10005440000-1000544ffff : ahci
> >>>>    10005450000-1000545ffff : 0000:00:10.1
> >>>>      10005450000-1000545ffff : ahci
> >>>> 14000000000-17fffffffff : PCI Bus 0000:80
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> failure with crashkernel=1G
> >>>>
> >>>> :~$ dmesg | grep crash
> >>>> [    0.000000] cannot allocate crashkernel (size:0x40000000)
> >>>> [    0.000000] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.6.0-rc4+
> >>>> root=UUID=866b8df3-14f4-4e11-95a1-74a90ee9b694 ro nowatchdog earlycon
> >>>> crashkernel=1G crashkernel=250M,low
> >>>> [   29.326916]     crashkernel=250M,low
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>>   My mistake . I thought you were trying to allocate crashkernel  AT 4G.
> >>>
> >>>   That would be :
> >>>
> >>>   crashkernel=1024M@4G
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   But you are also allocating an additional 250M low too ?
> >>>
> >>>   In your example
> >>>
> >>>    crashkernel=1G - that is asking for 1024M in low memory.
> >>>
> >>> That likely won't work  - from your own memory map there is no free
> >>> segment that size :
> >>>
> >>>> 802f0000-8030ffff : reserved
> >>>> e6247000-e6247fff : reserved
> >>>> e6720000-e690ffff : reserved
> >>>> e6a90000-e6a9ffff : reserved
> >>>> e6ab0000-e721ffff : reserved
> >>>> e7240000-e7240fff : reserved
> >>>> fac00000-fafdffff : reserved
> >>>
> >>> The maximum size I've been able to use is 800M  in the low 4GB range
> >>> using a 5.4.17 kernel.
> >>>
> >> I am confused. I was following "[PATCH v7 4/4] kdump: update
> >> Documentation about crashkernel on arm64"
> >> +   On arm64, use "crashkernel=Y[@X]". Note that the start address of
> >>     the kernel, X if explicitly specified, must be aligned to 2MiB
> >> (0x200000).
> >> +   If crashkernel=Z,low is specified simultaneously, reserve spcified size
> >> +   low memory for crash kdump kernel devices firstly and then reserve
> >> memory
> >> +   above 4G.
> >> here is my understanding, if i pass crashkernel=1G crashkernel=250M,low
> >> in bootargs.
> >> - Linux will allocate first 250M in low memory (< 4G mem range)
> >> - Than rest 850M will be allocate from above 4G memory.
> >> So, parameters passed by me is correct and memory should be allocated.
> >> please help me if my understanding is wrong.
> >> --pk
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Have you built a 5.5 kernel with these v4 patches applied  ?
> >
> > These changes are not in a release yet.
> >
>
>
>  I meant with v7 patches ;-).   You also need a corresponding kexec CLI with fixes in it .
>

Yes, I have applied v7 patches to 5.6-rc4.
After using kexec-tools() patches[1] on kexec-tools 2.0.20.git, It is
working now.  Logs are below. Thanks!!


$ dmesg | grep crash
[    0.000000] Reserving 500MB of low memory at 3182MB for crashkernel
(System low RAM: 2029MB)
[    0.000000] crashkernel reserved: 0x000000be98c00000 -
0x000000bf98c00000 (4096 MB)
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.6.0-rc4+
root=UUID=866b8df3-14f4-4e11-95a1-74a90ee9b694 ro crashkernel=4G
crashkernel=500M,low nowatchdog earlycon module_blacklist=qed,qede
[   29.322393]     crashkernel=500M,low


Tested-by: Prabhakar Kushwaha <pkushwaha@...vell.com>

you asked about built kernel version.. is this patch-set not valid for
previous kernel version like 5.4.18.


--pk

[1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2019-August/023569.html

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