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Date:   Wed, 11 Mar 2020 21:39:12 -0500
From:   John Donnelly <john.p.donnelly@...cle.com>
To:     Prabhakar Kushwaha <prabhakar.pkin@...il.com>
Cc:     Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@...wei.com>,
        Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@...hat.com>,
        kexec mailing list <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Ganapatrao Prabhakerrao Kulkarni <gkulkarni@...vell.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/4] arm64: kdump: reserve crashkenel above 4G for
 crash dump kernel

Hi Pk,

> On Mar 11, 2020, at 8:54 PM, Prabhakar Kushwaha <prabhakar.pkin@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear John,
> 
> On 3/11/2020 10:16 PM, John Donnelly wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 10, 2020, at 9:42 PM, Prabhakar Kushwaha <prabhakar.pkin@...il.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  When you set crashkernel=4G ,  it automatically picked a range above 4GB ? 
>> 
>> I was under the impression it attempts to use < 4GB .
>> 
>> 
> 
> this is strange, i even tried with 4G, 100M low.
> 
> from logs looks like it is allocating 4G + 100M memory for crashkernel.
> Not like first 200M from < 4G and rest > 4G address region.
> 
> 
> 2$ dmesg | grep crash
> [    0.000000] Reserving 100MB of low memory at 3866MB 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=100M,low nowatchdog earlycon module_blacklist=qed,qede
> [   29.314977]     crashkernel=100M,low
> root@...ntu-saber2$
> 
> 
> f1a00000-f7dfffff : reserved
>  f1a00000-f7dfffff : Crash kernel (low)
> 
> 9ffd000000-bffcffffff : System RAM
>  be18000000-be97ffffff : reserved
>  be98c00000-bf98bfffff : Crash kernel
> 
> /proc/iomem also allocating space at 2 locations with tolal 4G
> 
> 
> What is the actual behavior.  Also can you please share your log
> 
> --pk
> 


  I don’t have immediate access to a machine right now ,  but I will follow up in a couple of days. 



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