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Date:   Thu, 14 Apr 2022 17:29:44 -0500
From:   Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@...cle.com>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.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, david@...hat.com,
        konrad.wilk@...cle.com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 4/8] crash: add generic infrastructure for crash
 hotplug support

Hi Baoquan,
Inline comments below.
Thanks!
eric

On 4/13/22 21:45, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 04/13/22 at 12:42pm, Eric DeVolder wrote:
>> Upon CPU and memory changes, a generic crash_hotplug_handler()
>> dispatches the hot plug/unplug event to the architecture specific
>> arch_crash_hotplug_handler(). During the process, the kexec_mutex
>> is held.
>>
>> To support cpu hotplug, a callback is registered to capture the
>> CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN online and ofline events via
>> cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls().
>>
>> To support memory hotplug, a notifier is registered to capture the
>> MEM_ONLINE and MEM_OFFLINE events via register_memory_notifier().
>>
>> The cpu callback and memory notifier then call crash_hotplug_handler()
>> to handle the hot plug/unplug event.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@...cle.com>
>> ---
>>   include/linux/kexec.h |  16 +++++++
>>   kernel/crash_core.c   | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   2 files changed, 117 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
>> index f93f2591fc1e..02daff1f47dd 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/kexec.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
>> @@ -306,6 +306,13 @@ struct kimage {
>>   
>>   	/* Information for loading purgatory */
>>   	struct purgatory_info purgatory_info;
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
>> +	bool hotplug_event;
>> +	unsigned int offlinecpu;
>> +	bool elfcorehdr_index_valid;
>> +	int elfcorehdr_index;
>> +#endif
>>   #endif
>>   
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
>> @@ -322,6 +329,15 @@ struct kimage {
>>   	unsigned long elf_load_addr;
>>   };
>>   
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
>> +void arch_crash_hotplug_handler(struct kimage *image,
>> +	unsigned int hp_action, unsigned int cpu);
>> +#define KEXEC_CRASH_HP_REMOVE_CPU   0
>> +#define KEXEC_CRASH_HP_ADD_CPU      1
>> +#define KEXEC_CRASH_HP_REMOVE_MEMORY 2
>> +#define KEXEC_CRASH_HP_ADD_MEMORY   3
>> +#endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG */
>> +
>>   /* kexec interface functions */
>>   extern void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image);
>>   extern int machine_kexec_prepare(struct kimage *image);
>> diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
>> index 256cf6db573c..ecf746243ab2 100644
>> --- a/kernel/crash_core.c
>> +++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
>> @@ -9,12 +9,17 @@
>>   #include <linux/init.h>
>>   #include <linux/utsname.h>
>>   #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>> +#include <linux/highmem.h>
>> +#include <linux/memory.h>
>> +#include <linux/cpuhotplug.h>
>>   
>>   #include <asm/page.h>
>>   #include <asm/sections.h>
>>   
>>   #include <crypto/sha1.h>
>>   
>> +#include "kexec_internal.h"
>> +
>>   /* vmcoreinfo stuff */
>>   unsigned char *vmcoreinfo_data;
>>   size_t vmcoreinfo_size;
>> @@ -491,3 +496,99 @@ static int __init crash_save_vmcoreinfo_init(void)
>>   }
>>   
>>   subsys_initcall(crash_save_vmcoreinfo_init);
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
>> +void __weak arch_crash_hotplug_handler(struct kimage *image,
>> +	unsigned int hp_action, unsigned int cpu)
>> +{
>> +	pr_warn("crash hp: %s not implemented", __func__);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void crash_hotplug_handler(unsigned int hp_action,
>> +	unsigned int cpu)
>> +{
>> +	/* Obtain lock while changing crash information */
>> +	if (!mutex_trylock(&kexec_mutex))
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	/* Check kdump is loaded */
>> +	if (kexec_crash_image) {
>> +		pr_debug("crash hp: hp_action %u, cpu %u", hp_action, cpu);
>> +
>> +		/* Needed in order for the segments to be updated */
>> +		arch_kexec_unprotect_crashkres();
>> +
>> +		/* Flag to differentiate between normal load and hotplug */
>> +		kexec_crash_image->hotplug_event = true;
>> +
>> +		/* Now invoke arch-specific update handler */
>> +		arch_crash_hotplug_handler(kexec_crash_image, hp_action, cpu);
>> +
>> +		/* No longer handling a hotplug event */
>> +		kexec_crash_image->hotplug_event = false;
>> +
>> +		/* Change back to read-only */
>> +		arch_kexec_protect_crashkres();
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	/* Release lock now that update complete */
>> +	mutex_unlock(&kexec_mutex);
>> +}
>> +
>> +#if defined(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG)
>> +static int crash_memhp_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
>> +	unsigned long val, void *v)
>> +{
>> +	struct memory_notify *mhp = v;
>> +
>> +	switch (val) {
>> +	case MEM_ONLINE:
>> +		crash_hotplug_handler(KEXEC_CRASH_HP_ADD_MEMORY, -1U);
> We don't differentiate the memory add/remove, cpu add, except of cpu
> remove. Means the hp_action only differentiate cpu remove from the other
> action. Maybe only making two types?
> 
> #define KEXEC_CRASH_HP_REMOVE_CPU   0
> #define KEXEC_CRASH_HP_UPDATE_OTHER      1
> 
Sourabh Jain's work with PPC uses REMOVE_CPU, REMOVE_MEMORY, and ADD_MEMORY.
Do you still want to consolidate these?

> And define a new macro to replace the magic number?
Yes, I will do this.

> 
> #define KEXEC_CRASH_HP_INVALID_CPU   -1U
>> +		break;
>> +
>> +	case MEM_OFFLINE:
>> +		crash_hotplug_handler(KEXEC_CRASH_HP_REMOVE_MEMORY, -1U);
>> +		break;
>> +	}
>> +	return NOTIFY_OK;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static struct notifier_block crash_memhp_nb = {
>> +	.notifier_call = crash_memhp_notifier,
>> +	.priority = 0
>> +};
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)
>> +static int crash_cpuhp_online(unsigned int cpu)
>> +{
>> +	crash_hotplug_handler(KEXEC_CRASH_HP_ADD_CPU, cpu);
>   Should making the cpu as -1U?
Well, the cpu would be correct/valid cpu. Is there harm in reporting it?

>   	crash_hotplug_handler(KEXEC_CRASH_HP_ADD_CPU, -1U);
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int crash_cpuhp_offline(unsigned int cpu)
>> +{
>> +	crash_hotplug_handler(KEXEC_CRASH_HP_REMOVE_CPU, cpu);
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +static int __init crash_hotplug_init(void)
>> +{
>> +	int result = 0;
>> +
>> +#if defined(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG)
>> +	register_memory_notifier(&crash_memhp_nb);
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)
>> +	result = cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN,
>> +				"crash/cpuhp",
>> +				crash_cpuhp_online, crash_cpuhp_offline);
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +	return result;
>> +}
>> +
>> +subsys_initcall(crash_hotplug_init);
>> +#endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG */
>> -- 
>> 2.27.0
>>
> 

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