linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v16 00/15] arm64: MMU enabled kexec relocation

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Date:   Thu, 16 Sep 2021 18:32:14 -0400
From:   Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
To:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:     James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        kexec mailing list <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@....com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, steve.capper@....com,
        rfontana@...hat.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Selin Dag <selindag@...il.com>,
        Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v16 00/15] arm64: MMU enabled kexec relocation

> > In case we are so low on memory that trans_pgd_create_copy() fails to
> > allocate the linear map that uses the large pages (the size of the
> > page table is tiny) the kexec fails during kexec load time (not during
> > reboot time), as out of memory. The MMU enabled kexec reboot is always
> > on, and we should not have several ways to do kexec reboot as it makes
> > the kexec reboot unpredictable in terms of performance, and also prone
> > to bugs by having a common MMU enabled path and less common path when
> > we are low on memory which is never tested.
>
> I think this makes sense, especially since it will fail during the kexec
> load time rather than reboot.
>
> I'm ok in principle with this series but I'd need to convince James
> Morse to have a another look since he followed it more closely than me.
> Could you please rebase it against 5.15-rc1?

Sure, I will send it out soon.

Thanks,
Pasha