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Message-ID: <YhWzy87O4Y66LHH1@MiWiFi-R3L-srv>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 12:10:51 +0800
From: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
To: Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@...cle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
kexec@...ts.infradead.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
dyoung@...hat.com, vgoyal@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
hpa@...or.com, nramas@...ux.microsoft.com, thomas.lendacky@....com,
robh@...nel.org, efault@....de, rppt@...nel.org,
konrad.wilk@...cle.com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 09/10] crash hp: Add x86 crash hotplug support for
kexec_file_load
On 02/09/22 at 02:57pm, Eric DeVolder wrote:
> For x86_64, when CPU or memory is hot un/plugged, the crash
> elfcorehdr, which describes the CPUs and memory in the system,
> must also be updated.
Please mark the patch as X86 related by adding:
x86/kexec: Add x86 crash hotplug support for kexec_file_load
And also update other subject to reflect under which component the
changes are made, crash hp is the feature name.
Otherwise, this looks good to me.
>
> To update the elfcorehdr for x86_64, a new elfcorehdr must be
> generated from the available CPUs and memory. The new elfcorehdr
> is prepared into a buffer, and if no errors occur, it is
> installed over the top of the existing elfcorehdr.
>
> In the patch 'crash hp: exclude elfcorehdr from the segment digest'
> the need to update purgatory due to the change in elfcorehdr was
> eliminated. As a result, no changes to purgatory or boot_params
> (as the elfcorehdr= kernel command line parameter pointer
> remains unchanged and correct) are needed, just elfcorehdr.
>
> To accommodate a growing number of resources via hotplug, the
> elfcorehdr segment must be sufficiently large enough to accommodate
> changes, see the CRASH_HOTPLUG_ELFCOREHDR_SZ configure item.
>
> With this change, the kexec_file_load syscall (not kexec_load)
> is supported. When loading the crash kernel via kexec_file_load,
> the elfcorehdr is identified at load time in crash_load_segments().
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@...cle.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/crash.c | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> index 9db41cce8d97..6215c51919db 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> #include <linux/memblock.h>
> +#include <linux/highmem.h>
>
> #include <asm/processor.h>
> #include <asm/hardirq.h>
> @@ -398,7 +399,17 @@ int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *image)
> image->elf_headers = kbuf.buffer;
> image->elf_headers_sz = kbuf.bufsz;
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
> + /* Ensure elfcorehdr segment large enough for hotplug changes */
> + kbuf.memsz = CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG_ELFCOREHDR_SZ;
> + /* For marking as usable to crash kernel */
> + image->elf_headers_sz = kbuf.memsz;
> + /* Record the index of the elfcorehdr segment */
> + image->elf_index = image->nr_segments;
> + image->elf_index_valid = true;
> +#else
> kbuf.memsz = kbuf.bufsz;
> +#endif
> kbuf.buf_align = ELF_CORE_HEADER_ALIGN;
> kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
> ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
> @@ -413,3 +424,84 @@ int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *image)
> return ret;
> }
> #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE */
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
> +/**
> + * arch_crash_hotplug_handler() - Handle hotplug elfcorehdr changes
> + * @image: the active struct kimage
> + * @hp_action: the hot un/plug action being handled
> + * @a: first parameter dependent upon hp_action
> + * @b: first parameter dependent upon hp_action
> + *
> + * To accurately reflect hot un/plug changes, the elfcorehdr (which
> + * is passed to the crash kernel via the elfcorehdr= parameter)
> + * must be updated with the new list of CPUs and memories. The new
> + * elfcorehdr is prepared in a kernel buffer, and if no errors,
> + * then it is written on top of the existing/old elfcorehdr.
> + *
> + * For hotplug changes to elfcorehdr to work, two conditions are
> + * needed:
> + * First, the segment containing the elfcorehdr must be large enough
> + * to permit a growing number of resources. See
> + * CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG_ELFCOREHDR_SZ.
> + * Second, purgatory must explicitly exclude the elfcorehdr from the
> + * list of segments it checks (since the elfcorehdr changes and thus
> + * would require an update to purgatory itself to update the digest).
> + *
> + */
> +void arch_crash_hotplug_handler(struct kimage *image,
> + unsigned int hp_action, unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
> +{
> + struct kexec_segment *ksegment;
> + unsigned char *ptr = NULL;
> + unsigned long elfsz = 0;
> + void *elfbuf = NULL;
> + unsigned long mem, memsz;
> +
> + /* Must have valid elfcorehdr index */
> + if (!image->elf_index_valid) {
> + pr_err("crash hp: unable to locate elfcorehdr segment");
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + ksegment = &image->segment[image->elf_index];
> + mem = ksegment->mem;
> + memsz = ksegment->memsz;
> +
> + /*
> + * Create the new elfcorehdr reflecting the changes to CPU and/or
> + * memory resources. The elfcorehdr segment memsz must be
> + * sufficiently large to accommodate increases due to hotplug
> + * activity. See CRASH_HOTPLUG_ELFCOREHDR_SZ.
> + */
> + if (prepare_elf_headers(image, &elfbuf, &elfsz)) {
> + pr_err("crash hp: unable to prepare elfcore headers");
> + goto out;
> + }
> + if (elfsz > memsz) {
> + pr_err("crash hp: update elfcorehdr elfsz %lu > memsz %lu",
> + elfsz, memsz);
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * At this point, we are all but assured of success.
> + * Copy new elfcorehdr into destination.
> + */
> + ptr = map_crash_pages(mem, memsz);
> + if (ptr) {
> + /* Temporarily invalidate the crash image while it is replaced */
> + xchg(&kexec_crash_image, NULL);
> + /* Write the new elfcorehdr into memory */
> + memcpy_flushcache((void *)ptr, elfbuf, elfsz);
> + /* The crash image is now valid once again */
> + xchg(&kexec_crash_image, image);
> + }
> + unmap_crash_pages((void **)&ptr);
> + pr_debug("crash hp: re-loaded elfcorehdr at 0x%lx\n", mem);
> +
> +out:
> + if (elfbuf)
> + vfree(elfbuf);
> +}
> +#endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG */
> --
> 2.27.0
>
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