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Message-ID: <ZMD0jxzH0jmFLTd8@MiWiFi-R3L-srv>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jul 2023 18:25:19 +0800
From:   Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
To:     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, thunder.leizhen@...wei.com, horms@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v9 2/2] docs: kdump: Update the crashkernel
 description for riscv

On 07/26/23 at 05:50pm, Chen Jiahao wrote:
> Now "crashkernel=" parameter on riscv has been updated to support
> crashkernel=X,[high,low]. Through which we can reserve memory region
> above/within 32bit addressible DMA zone.
> 
> Here update the parameter description accordingly.

Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>

> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Jiahao <chenjiahao16@...wei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 15 ++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index a1457995fd41..bd519749968f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -862,7 +862,7 @@
>  			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
>  			image. If '@...set' is omitted, then a suitable offset
>  			is selected automatically.
> -			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] Select a region under 4G first, and
> +			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV] Select a region under 4G first, and
>  			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@...set'
>  			hasn't been specified.
>  			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
> @@ -875,14 +875,14 @@
>  			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
>  
>  	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
> -			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
> -			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
> -			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
> -			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
> -			available.
> +			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV] range could be above 4G.
> +			Allow kernel to allocate physical memory region from top,
> +			so could be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram
> +			installed. Otherwise memory region will be allocated
> +			below 4G, if available.
>  			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
>  	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
> -			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
> +			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
>  			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
>  			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
>  			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
> @@ -893,6 +893,7 @@
>  			size is	platform dependent.
>  			  --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
>  			  --> arm64: 128MiB
> +			  --> riscv: 128MiB
>  			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
>  			for second kernel instead.
>  			0: to disable low allocation.
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>