linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v5 06/11] ppc64/kexec_file: restrict memory usage of kdump kernel

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Message-ID: <87ft9cxudb.fsf@morokweng.localdomain>
Date:   Mon, 27 Jul 2020 23:10:08 -0300
From:   Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mahesh J Salgaonkar <mahesh@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
        Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
        Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@...e.cz>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
        Kexec-ml <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Pingfan Liu <piliu@...hat.com>,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v5 06/11] ppc64/kexec_file: restrict memory usage of kdump kernel


Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.ibm.com> writes:

> Kdump kernel, used for capturing the kernel core image, is supposed
> to use only specific memory regions to avoid corrupting the image to
> be captured. The regions are crashkernel range - the memory reserved
> explicitly for kdump kernel, memory used for the tce-table, the OPAL
> region and RTAS region as applicable. Restrict kdump kernel memory
> to use only these regions by setting up usable-memory DT property.
> Also, tell the kdump kernel to run at the loaded address by setting
> the magic word at 0x5c.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.ibm.com>
> Tested-by: Pingfan Liu <piliu@...hat.com>

I liked the new versions of get_node_path_size() and get_node_path().

Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>

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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center