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authorHari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>2019-09-11 20:25:49 +0530
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2019-09-14 00:04:45 +1000
commitb2a815a554a34f0e6fab4526ae762d5528783600 (patch)
tree353c23f8e36188c80f2c351a66cb343efa38e49e /arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
parentdda9dbfeeb7a855a75965b8ba7269f4edb35cde7 (diff)
downloadlinux-b2a815a554a34f0e6fab4526ae762d5528783600.tar.bz2
powerpc/fadump: improve how crashed kernel's memory is reserved
The size parameter to fadump_reserve_crash_area() function is not needed as all the memory above boot memory size must be preserved anyway. Update the function by dropping this redundant parameter. Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/156821374440.5656.2945512543806951766.stgit@hbathini.in.ibm.com
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c53
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index 502e49ab4b98..6f52a60bc212 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
static struct fw_dump fw_dump;
+static void __init fadump_reserve_crash_area(u64 base);
+
static DEFINE_MUTEX(fadump_mutex);
struct fadump_mrange_info crash_mrange_info = { "crash", NULL, 0, 0, 0 };
struct fadump_mrange_info reserved_mrange_info = { "reserved", NULL, 0, 0, 0 };
@@ -318,26 +320,6 @@ static unsigned long get_fadump_area_size(void)
return size;
}
-static void __init fadump_reserve_crash_area(unsigned long base,
- unsigned long size)
-{
- struct memblock_region *reg;
- unsigned long mstart, mend, msize;
-
- for_each_memblock(memory, reg) {
- mstart = max_t(unsigned long, base, reg->base);
- mend = reg->base + reg->size;
- mend = min(base + size, mend);
-
- if (mstart < mend) {
- msize = mend - mstart;
- memblock_reserve(mstart, msize);
- pr_info("Reserved %ldMB of memory at %#016lx for saving crash dump\n",
- (msize >> 20), mstart);
- }
- }
-}
-
int __init fadump_reserve_mem(void)
{
bool is_memblock_bottom_up = memblock_bottom_up();
@@ -406,12 +388,11 @@ int __init fadump_reserve_mem(void)
#endif
/*
* If last boot has crashed then reserve all the memory
- * above boot_memory_size so that we don't touch it until
+ * above boot memory size so that we don't touch it until
* dump is written to disk by userspace tool. This memory
- * will be released for general use once the dump is saved.
+ * can be released for general use by invalidating fadump.
*/
- size = mem_boundary - base;
- fadump_reserve_crash_area(base, size);
+ fadump_reserve_crash_area(base);
pr_debug("fadumphdr_addr = %#016lx\n", fw_dump.fadumphdr_addr);
pr_debug("Reserve dump area start address: 0x%lx\n",
@@ -1377,3 +1358,27 @@ int __init setup_fadump(void)
return 1;
}
subsys_initcall(setup_fadump);
+
+/* Preserve everything above the base address */
+static void __init fadump_reserve_crash_area(u64 base)
+{
+ struct memblock_region *reg;
+ u64 mstart, msize;
+
+ for_each_memblock(memory, reg) {
+ mstart = reg->base;
+ msize = reg->size;
+
+ if ((mstart + msize) < base)
+ continue;
+
+ if (mstart < base) {
+ msize -= (base - mstart);
+ mstart = base;
+ }
+
+ pr_info("Reserving %lluMB of memory at %#016llx for preserving crash data",
+ (msize >> 20), mstart);
+ memblock_reserve(mstart, msize);
+ }
+}