linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next v3 1/2] riscv: kdump: Implement crashkernel=X,[high,low]

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Message-ID: <f87d33e7-3a30-35b1-8612-0ff1eae63807@huawei.com>
Date:   Sat, 8 Apr 2023 10:00:53 +0800
From:   "Leizhen (ThunderTown)" <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
To:     Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
        Chen Jiahao <chenjiahao16@...wei.com>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, <palmer@...belt.com>,
        <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>, <guoren@...nel.org>,
        <heiko@...ech.de>, <bjorn@...osinc.com>, <alex@...ti.fr>,
        <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <atishp@...osinc.com>,
        <bhe@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v3 1/2] riscv: kdump: Implement
 crashkernel=X,[high,low]



On 2023/4/7 20:58, Leizhen (ThunderTown) wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2023/4/7 20:03, Simon Horman wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 07, 2023 at 06:02:05AM +0800, Chen Jiahao wrote:
>>> On riscv, the current crash kernel allocation logic is trying to
>>> allocate within 32bit addressible memory region by default, if
>>> failed, try to allocate without 4G restriction.
>>>
>>> In need of saving DMA zone memory while allocating a relatively large
>>> crash kernel region, allocating the reserved memory top down in
>>> high memory, without overlapping the DMA zone, is a mature solution.
>>> Here introduce the parameter option crashkernel=X,[high,low].
>>>
>>> One can reserve the crash kernel from high memory above DMA zone range
>>> by explicitly passing "crashkernel=X,high"; or reserve a memory range
>>> below 4G with "crashkernel=X,low".
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Chen Jiahao <chenjiahao16@...wei.com>
>>
>> ...
>>
>>> @@ -1180,14 +1206,37 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
>>>  		return;
>>>  	}
>>>  
>>> -	ret = parse_crashkernel(boot_command_line, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
>>> +	ret = parse_crashkernel(cmdline, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
>>>  				&crash_size, &crash_base);
>>> -	if (ret || !crash_size)
>>> +	if (ret == -ENOENT) {
>>> +		/*
>>> +		 * crashkernel=X,[high,low] can be specified or not, but
>>> +		 * invalid value is not allowed.
>>
>> nit: Perhaps something like this would be easier to correlate with the
>>      code that follows:
>>
>> 		/* Fallback to crashkernel=X,[high,low] */
> 
> The description "crashkernel=X,[high,low] can be specified or not" is not
> correct, because crashkernel=X,high must be specified when walking into this
> branch. So use Simon's comments or copy arm64's comments(it's written for
> parse_crashkernel_low()).

I rethink it a little bit, if it's relative to crashkernel=X[@offset],
that's also true.

Reviewed-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>

> 
>>
>>
>>> +		 */
>>> +		ret = parse_crashkernel_high(cmdline, 0, &crash_size, &crash_base);
>>> +		if (ret || !crash_size)
>>> +			return;
>>> +
>>> +		/*
>>> +		 * crashkernel=Y,low is valid only when crashkernel=X,high
>>> +		 * is passed and high memory is reserved successful.
>>
>> nit: s/successful/successfully/
> 
> Seems like the whole "and high memory is reserved successful" needs to be deleted.
> Only the dependency between the two boot options should be described here,
> regardless of whether their memory is successfully allocated.
> 
>>
>>> +		 */
>>> +		ret = parse_crashkernel_low(cmdline, 0, &crash_low_size, &crash_base);
>>> +		if (ret == -ENOENT)
>>> +			crash_low_size = DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE;
>>> +		else if (ret)
>>> +			return;
>>> +
>>> +		search_start = search_low_max;
>>> +	} else if (ret || !crash_size) {
>>> +		/* Invalid argument value specified */
>>>  		return;
>>> +	}
>>
>> ...
>> .
>>
> 

-- 
Regards,
  Zhen Lei