linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v14 02/11] x86: kdump: make the lower bound of crash kernel reservation consistent

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Message-ID: <20210224143547.GB28965@arm.com>
Date:   Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:35:48 +0000
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@...wei.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 02/11] x86: kdump: make the lower bound of crash
 kernel reservation consistent

On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 03:10:16PM +0800, Chen Zhou wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> index da769845597d..27470479e4a3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -439,7 +439,8 @@ static int __init reserve_crashkernel_low(void)
>  			return 0;
>  	}
>  
> -	low_base = memblock_phys_alloc_range(low_size, CRASH_ALIGN, 0, CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX);
> +	low_base = memblock_phys_alloc_range(low_size, CRASH_ALIGN, CRASH_ALIGN,
> +			CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX);
>  	if (!low_base) {
>  		pr_err("Cannot reserve %ldMB crashkernel low memory, please try smaller size.\n",
>  		       (unsigned long)(low_size >> 20));

Is there any reason why the lower bound can't be 0 in all low cases
here? (Sorry if it's been already discussed, I lost track)

-- 
Catalin