Re: [PATCH v20 3/5] arm64: kdump: reimplement crashkernel=X

From: Baoquan He
Date: Wed Feb 16 2022 - 05:21:18 EST


On 02/16/22 at 10:58am, Leizhen (ThunderTown) wrote:
>
>
> On 2022/2/14 15:53, Leizhen (ThunderTown) wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 2022/2/14 11:52, Baoquan He wrote:
> >> On 01/24/22 at 04:47pm, Zhen Lei wrote:
> >> ......
> >>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> >>> index 6c653a2c7cff052..a5d43feac0d7d96 100644
> >>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> >>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> >>> @@ -71,6 +71,30 @@ phys_addr_t arm64_dma_phys_limit __ro_after_init;
> >>> #define CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX arm64_dma_phys_limit
> >>> #define CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE
> >>>
> >>> +static int __init reserve_crashkernel_low(unsigned long long low_size)
> >>> +{
> >>> + unsigned long long low_base;
> >>> +
> >>> + /* passed with crashkernel=0,low ? */
> >>> + if (!low_size)
> >>> + return 0;
> >>> +
> >>> + low_base = memblock_phys_alloc_range(low_size, CRASH_ALIGN, 0, CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX);
> >>> + if (!low_base) {
> >>> + pr_err("cannot allocate crashkernel low memory (size:0x%llx).\n", low_size);
> >>> + return -ENOMEM;
> >>> + }
> >>> +
> >>> + pr_info("crashkernel low memory reserved: 0x%llx - 0x%llx (%lld MB)\n",
> >>> + low_base, low_base + low_size, low_size >> 20);
> >>> +
> >>> + crashk_low_res.start = low_base;
> >>> + crashk_low_res.end = low_base + low_size - 1;
> >>> + insert_resource(&iomem_resource, &crashk_low_res);
> >>> +
> >>> + return 0;
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> /*
> >>> * reserve_crashkernel() - reserves memory for crash kernel
> >>
> >> My another concern is the crashkernel=,low handling. In this patch, the
> >> code related to low memory is obscure. Wondering if we should make them
> >> explicit with a little redundant but very clear code flows. Saying this
> >> because the code must be very clear to you and reviewers, it may be
> >> harder for later code reader or anyone interested to understand.
> >>
> >> 1) crashkernel=X,high
> >> 2) crashkernel=X,high crashkernel=Y,low
> >> 3) crashkernel=X,high crashkernel=0,low
> >> 4) crashkernel=X,high crashkernel='messy code',low
> >> 5) crashkernel=X //fall back to high memory, low memory is required then.
> >>
> >> It could be me thinking about it too much. I made changes to your patch
> >> with a tuning, not sure if it's OK to you. Otherwise, this patchset
> >
> > I think it's good.
> >
> >> works very well for all above test cases, it's ripe to be merged for
> >> wider testing.
> >
> > I will test it tomorrow. I've prepared a little more use cases than yours.
>
> After the following modifications, I have tested it and it works well. Passed
> all the test cases I prepared.

That's great.

You might need to add 'crashkernel=xM, crashkernel=0,low',
'crashkernel=xM, crashkernel='messy code',low' to your test cases.

>
> >
> > 1) crashkernel=4G //high=4G, low=256M
> > 2) crashkernel=4G crashkernel=512M,high crashkernel=512M,low //high=4G, low=256M, high and low are ignored
> > 3) crashkernel=4G crashkernel=512M,high //high=4G, low=256M, high is ignored
> > 4) crashkernel=4G crashkernel=512M,low //high=4G, low=256M, low is ignored
> > 5) crashkernel=4G@0xe0000000 //high=0G, low=0M, cannot allocate, failed
> > 6) crashkernel=512M //high=0G, low=512M
> > 7) crashkernel=128M //high=0G, low=128M
> > 8) crashkernel=512M@0xde000000 //512M@3552M //high=0G, low=512M
> > 9) crashkernel=4G,high //high=4G, low=256M
> > a) crashkernel=4G,high crashkernel=512M,low //high=4G, low=512M
> > b) crashkernel=512M,high crashkernel=128M,low //high=512M, low=128M
> > c) crashkernel=512M,low //high=0G, low=0M, invalid
> >
> >
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> >> index a5d43feac0d7..671862c56d7d 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> >> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> >> @@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ static int __init reserve_crashkernel_low(unsigned long long low_size)
> >>
> >> return 0;
> >> }
> >> -
> >> +/*Words explaining why it's 256M*/
> >> +#define DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE SZ_256M
>
> It's an empirical value.
>
> 94fb9334182284e8e7e4bcb9125c25dc33af19d4 x86/crash: Allocate enough low memory when crashkernel=high
>
> When the crash kernel is loaded above 4GiB in memory, the
> first kernel allocates only 72MiB of low-memory for the DMA
> requirements of the second kernel. On systems with many
> devices this is not enough and causes device driver
> initialization errors and failed crash dumps. Testing by
> SUSE and Redhat has shown that 256MiB is a good default
> value for now and the discussion has lead to this value as
> well. So set this default value to 256MiB to make sure there
> is enough memory available for DMA.

Then, some words like below can be added. I am not confident it's good
enought, hope someone else can help to polish it.

/*
* This is an empirical value in x86_64 and taken here directly. Please
* refer to code comment in reserve_crashkernel_low() of x86_64 for more
* details.
*/
#define DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE SZ_256M

>
>
> >> /*
> >> * reserve_crashkernel() - reserves memory for crash kernel
> >> *
> >> @@ -105,10 +106,10 @@ static int __init reserve_crashkernel_low(unsigned long long low_size)
> >> static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
> >> {
> >> unsigned long long crash_base, crash_size;
> >> - unsigned long long crash_low_size = SZ_256M;
> >> + unsigned long long crash_low_size;
> >> unsigned long long crash_max = CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX;
> >> int ret;
> >> - bool fixed_base;
> >> + bool fixed_base, high;
>
> high = false;
>
> >> char *cmdline = boot_command_line;
> >>
> >> /* crashkernel=X[@offset] */
> >> @@ -126,7 +127,10 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
> >> ret = parse_crashkernel_low(cmdline, 0, &low_size, &crash_base);
> >> if (!ret)
> >> crash_low_size = low_size;
> >> + else
> >> + crash_low_size = DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE;
> >>
> >> + high = true;
> >> crash_max = CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX;
> >> }
> >>
> >> @@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
> >> crash_size = PAGE_ALIGN(crash_size);
> >>
> >> /* User specifies base address explicitly. */
> >> - if (crash_base)
> >> + if (fixed_base)
> >> crash_max = crash_base + crash_size;
> >>
> >> retry:
> >> @@ -156,7 +160,10 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
> >> return;
> >> }
> >>
> >> - if (crash_base >= SZ_4G && reserve_crashkernel_low(crash_low_size)) {
> >> + if (crash_base >= SZ_4G && !high)
> >> + crash_low_size = DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE;
> >> +
> >> + if (reserve_crashkernel_low(crash_low_size)) {
> >> memblock_phys_free(crash_base, crash_size);
> >> return;
> >> }
>
> - if (crash_base >= SZ_4G && reserve_crashkernel_low(crash_low_size)) {
> - memblock_phys_free(crash_base, crash_size);
> - return;
> + if (crash_base >= SZ_4G) {
> + if (!high)
> + crash_low_size = SZ_256M;
> +
> + if (reserve_crashkernel_low(crash_low_size)) {
> + memblock_phys_free(crash_base, crash_size);
> + return;
> + }
> }
>
> Looks like changing 'high' to 'low' would be more accurate. Whether crashkernel=Y,low is specified.

What I menat is like below, we even can add code comment to make it more
clearer.

static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
{

/* crashkernel=X[@offset] */
ret = parse_crashkernel(cmdline, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
&crash_size, &crash_base);
if (ret || !crash_size) {
unsigned long long low_size;

/* crashkernel=X,high */
ret = parse_crashkernel_high(cmdline, 0, &crash_size, &crash_base);
if (ret || !crash_size)
return;

/* crashkernel=X,low */
ret = parse_crashkernel_low(cmdline, 0, &low_size, &crash_base);
//case #1, crashkernel=yM,low is specified explicitly in cmdline
if (!ret)
crash_low_size = low_size;
else //case #2, crashkernel=yM,low is not specified explicitly
crash_low_size = DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE;

//high means crashkernel,high is specified explicitly
high = true;
crash_max = CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX;
}

fixed_base = !!crash_base;
crash_size = PAGE_ALIGN(crash_size);

/* User specifies base address explicitly. */
if (crash_base)
crash_max = crash_base + crash_size;
retry:
crash_base = memblock_phys_alloc_range(crash_size, CRASH_ALIGN,
crash_base, crash_max);
if (!crash_base) {
/*
* Attempt to fully allocate low memory failed, fall back
* to high memory, the minimum required low memory will be
* reserved later.
*/
if (!fixed_base && (crash_max == CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX)) {
crash_max = CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX;
goto retry;
}

pr_warn("cannot allocate crashkernel (size:0x%llx)\n",
crash_size);
return;
}


//case #3: get crashkernel from high memory through fallback, let's set crashkernel,low too.
if (crash_base >= SZ_4G && !high)
crash_low_size = DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE;

if (reserve_crashkernel_low(crash_low_size)) {
memblock_phys_free(crash_base, crash_size);
return;
}

pr_info("crashkernel reserved: 0x%016llx - 0x%016llx (%lld MB)\n",
crash_base, crash_base + crash_size, crash_size >> 20);

/*
* The crashkernel memory will be removed from the kernel linear
* map. Inform kmemleak so that it won't try to access it.
*/
kmemleak_ignore_phys(crash_base);
if (crashk_low_res.end)
kmemleak_ignore_phys(crashk_low_res.start);

crashk_res.start = crash_base;
crashk_res.end = crash_base + crash_size - 1;
insert_resource(&iomem_resource, &crashk_res);
}


>
>
> >
> > It feels like {} may need to be added here so that it is in branch "if (crash_base >= SZ_4G)".
> > The case of "crashkernel=128M" will not fall back to high memory and does not need to reserve
> > low memory again.
> >
> >>
> >>> *
> >>> @@ -81,29 +105,62 @@ phys_addr_t arm64_dma_phys_limit __ro_after_init;
> >>> static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
> >>> {
> >>> unsigned long long crash_base, crash_size;
> >>> + unsigned long long crash_low_size = SZ_256M;
> >>> unsigned long long crash_max = CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX;
> >>> int ret;
> >>> + bool fixed_base;
> >>> + char *cmdline = boot_command_line;
> >>>
> >>> - ret = parse_crashkernel(boot_command_line, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
> >>> + /* crashkernel=X[@offset] */
> >>> + ret = parse_crashkernel(cmdline, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
> >>> &crash_size, &crash_base);
> >>> - /* no crashkernel= or invalid value specified */
> >>> - if (ret || !crash_size)
> >>> - return;
> >>> + if (ret || !crash_size) {
> >>> + unsigned long long low_size;
> >>>
> >>> + /* crashkernel=X,high */
> >>> + ret = parse_crashkernel_high(cmdline, 0, &crash_size, &crash_base);
> >>> + if (ret || !crash_size)
> >>> + return;
> >>> +
> >>> + /* crashkernel=X,low */
> >>> + ret = parse_crashkernel_low(cmdline, 0, &low_size, &crash_base);
> >>> + if (!ret)
> >>> + crash_low_size = low_size;
> >>> +
> >>> + crash_max = CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX;
> >>> + }
> >>> +
> >>> + fixed_base = !!crash_base;
> >>> crash_size = PAGE_ALIGN(crash_size);
> >>>
> >>> /* User specifies base address explicitly. */
> >>> if (crash_base)
> >>> crash_max = crash_base + crash_size;
> >>>
> >>> +retry:
> >>> crash_base = memblock_phys_alloc_range(crash_size, CRASH_ALIGN,
> >>> crash_base, crash_max);
> >>> if (!crash_base) {
> >>> + /*
> >>> + * Attempt to fully allocate low memory failed, fall back
> >>> + * to high memory, the minimum required low memory will be
> >>> + * reserved later.
> >>> + */
> >>> + if (!fixed_base && (crash_max == CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX)) {
> >>> + crash_max = CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX;
> >>> + goto retry;
> >>> + }
> >>> +
> >>> pr_warn("cannot allocate crashkernel (size:0x%llx)\n",
> >>> crash_size);
> >>> return;
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> + if (crash_base >= SZ_4G && reserve_crashkernel_low(crash_low_size)) {
> >>> + memblock_phys_free(crash_base, crash_size);
> >>> + return;
> >>> + }
> >>> +
> >>> pr_info("crashkernel reserved: 0x%016llx - 0x%016llx (%lld MB)\n",
> >>> crash_base, crash_base + crash_size, crash_size >> 20);
> >>>
> >>> @@ -112,6 +169,9 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
> >>> * map. Inform kmemleak so that it won't try to access it.
> >>> */
> >>> kmemleak_ignore_phys(crash_base);
> >>> + if (crashk_low_res.end)
> >>> + kmemleak_ignore_phys(crashk_low_res.start);
> >>> +
> >>> crashk_res.start = crash_base;
> >>> crashk_res.end = crash_base + crash_size - 1;
> >>> insert_resource(&iomem_resource, &crashk_res);
> >>> --
> >>> 2.25.1
> >>>
> >>
> >> .
> >>
> >
>
> --
> Regards,
> Zhen Lei
>