linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] kexec: enable kexec_crash_size to support two crash kernel regions

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Message-ID: <955d2ba6-2cb8-7ee1-031f-e9033b32a3c8@huawei.com>
Date:   Wed, 31 May 2023 22:25:36 +0800
From:   "Leizhen (ThunderTown)" <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
CC:     Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Holzheu <holzheu@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] kexec: enable kexec_crash_size to support two crash
 kernel regions



On 2023/5/31 17:53, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 05/27/23 at 08:34pm, Zhen Lei wrote:
>> The crashk_low_res should be considered by /sys/kernel/kexec_crash_size
>> to support two crash kernel regions. Since crashk_res manages the memory
>> with high address and crashk_low_res manages the memory with low address,
>> crashk_low_res is shrunken only when all crashk_res is shrunken. And
>> because when there is only one crash kernel region, crashk_res is always
>> used. Therefore, if all crashk_res is shrunken and crashk_low_res still
>> exists, swap them.
> 
> This looks good, otherwise someone else won't stop attempting to add
> support of crashk_low_res shrinking. Not sure if this will bring corner
> case issue in testing, let's see. For the patch log, I tried to
> rephrase, feel free to refer to.
> 
> =====
> The crashk_low_res should be considered by /sys/kernel/kexec_crash_size
> to support two crash kernel regions shrinking if existing.
> 
> While doing it, crashk_low_res will only be shrunk when the entire
> crashk_res is empty; and if the crashk_res is empty and crahk_low_res
> is not, change crashk_low_res to be crashk_res.
> =====
> 
> With the log updated, you can add:
> 
> Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>

OK, I will update the log and add Acked-by in v2.

> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  kernel/kexec_core.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
>> index e82bc6d6634136a..c1d50f6566300d9 100644
>> --- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
>> +++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
>> @@ -1091,6 +1091,11 @@ __bpf_kfunc void crash_kexec(struct pt_regs *regs)
>>  	}
>>  }
>>  
>> +static inline resource_size_t crash_resource_size(const struct resource *res)
>> +{
>> +	return !res->end ? 0 : resource_size(res);
>> +}
>> +
>>  ssize_t crash_get_memory_size(void)
>>  {
>>  	ssize_t size = 0;
>> @@ -1098,8 +1103,8 @@ ssize_t crash_get_memory_size(void)
>>  	if (!kexec_trylock())
>>  		return -EBUSY;
>>  
>> -	if (crashk_res.end != crashk_res.start)
>> -		size = resource_size(&crashk_res);
>> +	size += crash_resource_size(&crashk_res);
>> +	size += crash_resource_size(&crashk_low_res);
>>  
>>  	kexec_unlock();
>>  	return size;
>> @@ -1135,7 +1140,7 @@ int __crash_shrink_memory(struct resource *old_res, unsigned long new_size)
>>  int crash_shrink_memory(unsigned long new_size)
>>  {
>>  	int ret = 0;
>> -	unsigned long old_size;
>> +	unsigned long old_size, low_size;
>>  
>>  	if (!kexec_trylock())
>>  		return -EBUSY;
>> @@ -1144,14 +1149,42 @@ int crash_shrink_memory(unsigned long new_size)
>>  		ret = -ENOENT;
>>  		goto unlock;
>>  	}
>> -	old_size = !crashk_res.end ? 0 : resource_size(&crashk_res);
>> +
>> +	low_size = crash_resource_size(&crashk_low_res);
>> +	old_size = crash_resource_size(&crashk_res) + low_size;
>>  	new_size = roundup(new_size, KEXEC_CRASH_MEM_ALIGN);
>>  	if (new_size >= old_size) {
>>  		ret = (new_size == old_size) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
>>  		goto unlock;
>>  	}
>>  
>> -	ret = __crash_shrink_memory(&crashk_res, new_size);
>> +	/*
>> +	 * (low_size > new_size) implies that low_size is greater than zero.
>> +	 * This also means that if low_size is zero, the else branch is taken.
>> +	 *
>> +	 * If low_size is greater than 0, (low_size > new_size) indicates that
>> +	 * crashk_low_res also needs to be shrunken. Otherwise, only crashk_res
>> +	 * needs to be shrunken.
>> +	 */
>> +	if (low_size > new_size) {
>> +		ret = __crash_shrink_memory(&crashk_res, 0);
>> +		if (ret)
>> +			goto unlock;
>> +
>> +		ret = __crash_shrink_memory(&crashk_low_res, new_size);
>> +	} else {
>> +		ret = __crash_shrink_memory(&crashk_res, new_size - low_size);
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	/* Swap crashk_res and crashk_low_res if needed */
>> +	if (!crashk_res.end && crashk_low_res.end) {
>> +		crashk_res.start = crashk_low_res.start;
>> +		crashk_res.end   = crashk_low_res.end;
>> +		release_resource(&crashk_low_res);
>> +		crashk_low_res.start = 0;
>> +		crashk_low_res.end   = 0;
>> +		insert_resource(&iomem_resource, &crashk_res);
>> +	}
>>  
>>  unlock:
>>  	kexec_unlock();
>> -- 
>> 2.25.1
>>
> 
> .
> 

-- 
Regards,
  Zhen Lei