Re: [PATCH v7 2/4] arm64: kdump: reserve crashkenel above 4G for crash dump kernel
From: Prabhakar Kushwaha
Date: Tue Mar 10 2020 - 22:42:53 EST
Dear John,
On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 11:25 PM John Donnelly
<john.p.donnelly@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Mar 10, 2020, at 12:34 PM, John Donnelly <John.P.Donnelly@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On 3/10/20 12:04 PM, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
> >> On 3/9/2020 11:53 PM, John Donnelly wrote:
> >>> On 3/9/20 10:51 AM, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
> >>>> On 3/9/2020 10:18 AM, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
> >>>>> Hi Chen,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 4:36 PM Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 2020/3/5 18:13, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
> >>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 8:57 PM Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Crashkernel=X tries to reserve memory for the crash dump kernel under
> >>>>>>>> 4G. If crashkernel=X,low is specified simultaneously, reserve
> >>>>>>>> spcified
> >>>>>>>> size low memory for crash kdump kernel devices firstly and then
> >>>>>>>> reserve
> >>>>>>>> memory above 4G.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>>> arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c | 8 +++++++-
> >>>>>>>> arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >>>>>>>> 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> >>>>>>>> index 56f6645..04d1c87 100644
> >>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> >>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> >>>>>>>> @@ -238,7 +238,13 @@ static void __init
> >>>>>>>> request_standard_resources(void)
> >>>>>>>> kernel_data.end <= res->end)
> >>>>>>>> request_resource(res, &kernel_data);
> >>>>>>>> #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE
> >>>>>>>> - /* Userspace will find "Crash kernel" region in
> >>>>>>>> /proc/iomem. */
> >>>>>>>> + /*
> >>>>>>>> + * Userspace will find "Crash kernel" region in
> >>>>>>>> /proc/iomem.
> >>>>>>>> + * Note: the low region is renamed as Crash kernel
> >>>>>>>> (low).
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> + if (crashk_low_res.end && crashk_low_res.start >=
> >>>>>>>> res->start &&
> >>>>>>>> + crashk_low_res.end <= res->end)
> >>>>>>>> + request_resource(res, &crashk_low_res);
> >>>>>>>> if (crashk_res.end && crashk_res.start >=
> >>>>>>>> res->start &&
> >>>>>>>> crashk_res.end <= res->end)
> >>>>>>>> request_resource(res, &crashk_res);
> >>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> >>>>>>>> index b65dffd..0d7afd5 100644
> >>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> >>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> >>>>>>>> @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
> >>>>>>>> {
> >>>>>>>> unsigned long long crash_base, crash_size;
> >>>>>>>> int ret;
> >>>>>>>> + phys_addr_t crash_max = arm64_dma32_phys_limit;
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> ret = parse_crashkernel(boot_command_line,
> >>>>>>>> memblock_phys_mem_size(),
> >>>>>>>> &crash_size, &crash_base);
> >>>>>>>> @@ -87,12 +88,38 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
> >>>>>>>> if (ret || !crash_size)
> >>>>>>>> return;
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> + ret = reserve_crashkernel_low();
> >>>>>>>> + if (!ret && crashk_low_res.end) {
> >>>>>>>> + /*
> >>>>>>>> + * If crashkernel=X,low specified, there may be
> >>>>>>>> two regions,
> >>>>>>>> + * we need to make some changes as follows:
> >>>>>>>> + *
> >>>>>>>> + * 1. rename the low region as "Crash kernel (low)"
> >>>>>>>> + * In order to distinct from the high region and
> >>>>>>>> make no effect
> >>>>>>>> + * to the use of existing kexec-tools, rename the
> >>>>>>>> low region as
> >>>>>>>> + * "Crash kernel (low)".
> >>>>>>>> + *
> >>>>>>>> + * 2. change the upper bound for crash memory
> >>>>>>>> + * Set MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE upper bound for
> >>>>>>>> crash memory.
> >>>>>>>> + *
> >>>>>>>> + * 3. mark the low region as "nomap"
> >>>>>>>> + * The low region is intended to be used for crash
> >>>>>>>> dump kernel
> >>>>>>>> + * devices, just mark the low region as "nomap"
> >>>>>>>> simply.
> >>>>>>>> + */
> >>>>>>>> + const char *rename = "Crash kernel (low)";
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> + crashk_low_res.name = rename;
> >>>>>>>> + crash_max = MEMBLOCK_ALLOC_ACCESSIBLE;
> >>>>>>>> + memblock_mark_nomap(crashk_low_res.start,
> >>>>>>>> + resource_size(&crashk_low_res));
> >>>>>>>> + }
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> crash_size = PAGE_ALIGN(crash_size);
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> if (crash_base == 0) {
> >>>>>>>> /* Current arm64 boot protocol requires 2MB
> >>>>>>>> alignment */
> >>>>>>>> - crash_base = memblock_find_in_range(0,
> >>>>>>>> arm64_dma32_phys_limit,
> >>>>>>>> - crash_size, SZ_2M);
> >>>>>>>> + crash_base = memblock_find_in_range(0, crash_max,
> >>>>>>>> crash_size,
> >>>>>>>> + SZ_2M);
> >>>>>>>> if (crash_base == 0) {
> >>>>>>>> pr_warn("cannot allocate crashkernel
> >>>>>>>> (size:0x%llx)\n",
> >>>>>>>> crash_size);
> >>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I tested this patch series on ARM64-ThunderX2 with no issue with
> >>>>>>> bootargs crashkenel=X@Y crashkernel=250M,low
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> $ dmesg | grep crash
> >>>>>>> [ 0.000000] crashkernel reserved: 0x0000000b81200000 -
> >>>>>>> 0x0000000c81200000 (4096 MB)
> >>>>>>> [ 0.000000] Kernel command line:
> >>>>>>> BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.6.0-rc4+
> >>>>>>> root=UUID=866b8df3-14f4-4e11-95a1-74a90ee9b694 ro
> >>>>>>> crashkernel=4G@0xb81200000 crashkernel=250M,low nowatchdog earlycon
> >>>>>>> [ 29.310209] crashkernel=250M,low
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> $ kexec -p -i /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
> >>>>>>> --initrd=/boot/initrd.img-`uname -r` --reuse-cmdline
> >>>>>>> $ echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq ; echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> But when i tried with crashkernel=4G crashkernel=250M,low as bootargs.
> >>>>>>> Kernel is not able to allocate memory.
> >>>>>>> [ 0.000000] cannot allocate crashkernel (size:0x100000000)
> >>>>>>> [ 0.000000] Kernel command line:
> >>>>>>> BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.6.0-rc4+
> >>>>>>> root=UUID=866b8df3-14f4-4e11-95a1-74a90ee9b694 ro crashkernel=4G
> >>>>>>> crashkernel=250M,low nowatchdog
> >>>>>>> [ 29.332081] crashkernel=250M,low
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> does crashkernel=X@Y mandatory to get allocated beyond 4G?
> >>>>>>> am I missing something?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I can't reproduce the problem in my environment, can you test with
> >>>>>> other size,
> >>>>>> such as "crashkernel=1G crashkernel=250M,low", see if there is the
> >>>>>> same issue.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> I tried 1G also. Same error, please find the logs
> >>>>>
> >>>>> $ dmesg | grep crash
> >>>>> [ 0.000000] cannot allocate crashkernel (size:0x40000000)
> >>>>> [ 0.000000] Kernel command line:
> >>>>> BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.6.0-rc4+
> >>>>> root=UUID=866b8df3-14f4-4e11-95a1-74a90ee9b694 ro nowatchdog earlycon
> >>>>> crashkernel=1G crashkernel=250M,low
> >>>>> [ 29.326916] crashkernel=250M,low
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Besides, crashkernel=X@Y isn't mandatory to get allocated beyond 4G,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> this was my understanding also.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> can you show the whole file /proc/iomem.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> $ cat /proc/iomem
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI ECAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI ECAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:0f
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:10
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:10:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:10:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:01
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:05
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:09
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:10.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : ahci
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:10.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : ahci
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:80
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:83
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:83:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:83:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : nvme
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:89
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : e1000e
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : e1000e
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : e1000e
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:8d
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:8d:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:8d:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : mpt3sas
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : Kernel code
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : Kernel data
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901D:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901E:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901F:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV9006:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV9006:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : ARMH0011:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : ARMH0011:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.0.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.0.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.1.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.1.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.2.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.2.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:01
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901D:01
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:01
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901E:01
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:01
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901F:01
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV901C:01
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV9007:06
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : CAV9007:06
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.3.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.3.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.4.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.4.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.5.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : arm-smmu-v3.5.auto
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : System RAM
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : reserved
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:00
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:01
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:05
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : bnx2x
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : bnx2x
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : bnx2x
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : bnx2x
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : bnx2x
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : bnx2x
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:09
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : i40e
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : i40e
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : i40e
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : i40e
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:0f.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : xhci-hcd
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:0f.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:0f.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : xhci-hcd
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:0f.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:10.0
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : ahci
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : 0000:00:10.1
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : ahci
> >>>>> 00000000-00000000 : PCI Bus 0000:80
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> resending with correct logs (after login as root)
> >>>>
> >>>> $ cat /proc/iomem
> >>>> 30000000-37ffffff : PCI ECAM
> >>>> 38000000-3fffffff : PCI ECAM
> >>>> 40000000-5fffffff : PCI Bus 0000:00
> >>>> 40000000-417fffff : PCI Bus 0000:0f
> >>>> 40000000-417fffff : PCI Bus 0000:10
> >>>> 40000000-40ffffff : 0000:10:00.0
> >>>> 41000000-4101ffff : 0000:10:00.0
> >>>> 41800000-418fffff : PCI Bus 0000:01
> >>>> 41800000-4183ffff : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>> 41840000-4187ffff : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>> 41900000-419fffff : PCI Bus 0000:05
> >>>> 41900000-4197ffff : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>> 41980000-419fffff : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>> 41a00000-41afffff : PCI Bus 0000:09
> >>>> 41a00000-41a7ffff : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>> 41a80000-41afffff : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>> 41b00000-41b0ffff : 0000:00:10.0
> >>>> 41b00000-41b0ffff : ahci
> >>>> 41b10000-41b1ffff : 0000:00:10.1
> >>>> 41b10000-41b1ffff : ahci
> >>>> 60000000-7fffffff : PCI Bus 0000:80
> >>>> 60000000-600fffff : PCI Bus 0000:83
> >>>> 60000000-6001ffff : 0000:83:00.0
> >>>> 60020000-60023fff : 0000:83:00.0
> >>>> 60020000-60023fff : nvme
> >>>> 60100000-601fffff : PCI Bus 0000:89
> >>>> 60100000-6017ffff : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>> 60100000-6017ffff : e1000e
> >>>> 60180000-601bffff : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>> 601c0000-601dffff : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>> 601c0000-601dffff : e1000e
> >>>> 601e0000-601e3fff : 0000:89:00.0
> >>>> 601e0000-601e3fff : e1000e
> >>>> 60200000-603fffff : PCI Bus 0000:8d
> >>>> 60200000-602fffff : 0000:8d:00.0
> >>>> 60300000-6030ffff : 0000:8d:00.0
> >>>> 60300000-6030ffff : mpt3sas
> >>>> 802f0000-8030ffff : reserved
> >>>> e6247000-e6247fff : reserved
> >>>> e6720000-e690ffff : reserved
> >>>> e6a90000-e6a9ffff : reserved
> >>>> e6ab0000-e721ffff : reserved
> >>>> e7240000-e7240fff : reserved
> >>>> fac00000-fafdffff : reserved
> >>>> 400040400-40004041f : CAV901C:00
> >>>> 400040480-400040567 : CAV901D:00
> >>>> 400040480-400040567 : CAV901C:00
> >>>> 400040600-40004073b : CAV901E:00
> >>>> 400040600-40004073b : CAV901C:00
> >>>> 400041400-40004177f : CAV901F:00
> >>>> 400041400-40004177f : CAV901C:00
> >>>> 402000100-402000fff : CAV9006:00
> >>>> 402000100-402000fff : CAV9006:00
> >>>> 402020000-40202ffff : ARMH0011:00
> >>>> 402020000-40202ffff : ARMH0011:00
> >>>> 402300000-40230ffff : arm-smmu-v3.0.auto
> >>>> 402300000-40230ffff : arm-smmu-v3.0.auto
> >>>> 402320000-40232ffff : arm-smmu-v3.1.auto
> >>>> 402320000-40232ffff : arm-smmu-v3.1.auto
> >>>> 402340000-40234ffff : arm-smmu-v3.2.auto
> >>>> 402340000-40234ffff : arm-smmu-v3.2.auto
> >>>> 440040400-44004041f : CAV901C:01
> >>>> 440040480-440040567 : CAV901D:01
> >>>> 440040480-440040567 : CAV901C:01
> >>>> 440040600-44004073b : CAV901E:01
> >>>> 440040600-44004073b : CAV901C:01
> >>>> 440041400-44004177f : CAV901F:01
> >>>> 440041400-44004177f : CAV901C:01
> >>>> 4421a0000-4421affff : CAV9007:06
> >>>> 4421a0000-4421affff : CAV9007:06
> >>>> 442300000-44230ffff : arm-smmu-v3.3.auto
> >>>> 442300000-44230ffff : arm-smmu-v3.3.auto
> >>>> 442320000-44232ffff : arm-smmu-v3.4.auto
> >>>> 442320000-44232ffff : arm-smmu-v3.4.auto
> >>>> 442340000-44234ffff : arm-smmu-v3.5.auto
> >>>> 442340000-44234ffff : arm-smmu-v3.5.auto
> >>>> b81200000-c811fffff : System RAM
> >>>> b81280000-b8270ffff : Kernel code
> >>>> b82710000-b82dfffff : reserved
> >>>> b82e00000-b83168fff : Kernel data
> >>>> b83169000-baccd7fff : reserved
> >>>> c78a00000-c7fffffff : reserved
> >>>> c80129000-c801a9fff : reserved
> >>>> c801aa000-c809e9fff : reserved
> >>>> c809ec000-c809eefff : reserved
> >>>> c809ef000-c811fffff : reserved
> >>>> 10000000000-13fffffffff : PCI Bus 0000:00
> >>>> 10000000000-100013fffff : PCI Bus 0000:01
> >>>> 10000000000-100007fffff : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>> 10000800000-10000ffffff : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>> 10001000000-1000101ffff : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>> 10001020000-1000103ffff : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>> 10001040000-1000104ffff : 0000:01:00.0
> >>>> 10001050000-1000105ffff : 0000:01:00.1
> >>>> 10001400000-100037fffff : PCI Bus 0000:05
> >>>> 10001400000-1000140ffff : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>> 10001400000-1000140ffff : bnx2x
> >>>> 10001410000-1000141ffff : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>> 10001410000-1000141ffff : bnx2x
> >>>> 10001800000-10001ffffff : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>> 10001800000-10001ffffff : bnx2x
> >>>> 10002000000-100027fffff : 0000:05:00.0
> >>>> 10002000000-100027fffff : bnx2x
> >>>> 10002800000-10002ffffff : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>> 10002800000-10002ffffff : bnx2x
> >>>> 10003000000-100037fffff : 0000:05:00.1
> >>>> 10003000000-100037fffff : bnx2x
> >>>> 10003800000-100053fffff : PCI Bus 0000:09
> >>>> 10003800000-10003ffffff : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>> 10003800000-10003ffffff : i40e
> >>>> 10004000000-100047fffff : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>> 10004000000-100047fffff : i40e
> >>>> 10004800000-10004bfffff : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>> 10004c00000-10004ffffff : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>> 10005000000-10005007fff : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>> 10005000000-10005007fff : i40e
> >>>> 10005008000-1000500ffff : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>> 10005008000-1000500ffff : i40e
> >>>> 10005010000-1000510ffff : 0000:09:00.0
> >>>> 10005110000-1000520ffff : 0000:09:00.1
> >>>> 10005400000-1000540ffff : 0000:00:0f.0
> >>>> 10005400000-1000540ffff : xhci-hcd
> >>>> 10005410000-1000541ffff : 0000:00:0f.0
> >>>> 10005420000-1000542ffff : 0000:00:0f.1
> >>>> 10005420000-1000542ffff : xhci-hcd
> >>>> 10005430000-1000543ffff : 0000:00:0f.1
> >>>> 10005440000-1000544ffff : 0000:00:10.0
> >>>> 10005440000-1000544ffff : ahci
> >>>> 10005450000-1000545ffff : 0000:00:10.1
> >>>> 10005450000-1000545ffff : ahci
> >>>> 14000000000-17fffffffff : PCI Bus 0000:80
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> failure with crashkernel=1G
> >>>>
> >>>> :~$ dmesg | grep crash
> >>>> [ 0.000000] cannot allocate crashkernel (size:0x40000000)
> >>>> [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.6.0-rc4+
> >>>> root=UUID=866b8df3-14f4-4e11-95a1-74a90ee9b694 ro nowatchdog earlycon
> >>>> crashkernel=1G crashkernel=250M,low
> >>>> [ 29.326916] crashkernel=250M,low
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> My mistake . I thought you were trying to allocate crashkernel AT 4G.
> >>>
> >>> That would be :
> >>>
> >>> crashkernel=1024M@4G
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> But you are also allocating an additional 250M low too ?
> >>>
> >>> In your example
> >>>
> >>> crashkernel=1G - that is asking for 1024M in low memory.
> >>>
> >>> That likely won't work - from your own memory map there is no free
> >>> segment that size :
> >>>
> >>>> 802f0000-8030ffff : reserved
> >>>> e6247000-e6247fff : reserved
> >>>> e6720000-e690ffff : reserved
> >>>> e6a90000-e6a9ffff : reserved
> >>>> e6ab0000-e721ffff : reserved
> >>>> e7240000-e7240fff : reserved
> >>>> fac00000-fafdffff : reserved
> >>>
> >>> The maximum size I've been able to use is 800M in the low 4GB range
> >>> using a 5.4.17 kernel.
> >>>
> >> I am confused. I was following "[PATCH v7 4/4] kdump: update
> >> Documentation about crashkernel on arm64"
> >> + On arm64, use "crashkernel=Y[@X]". Note that the start address of
> >> the kernel, X if explicitly specified, must be aligned to 2MiB
> >> (0x200000).
> >> + If crashkernel=Z,low is specified simultaneously, reserve spcified size
> >> + low memory for crash kdump kernel devices firstly and then reserve
> >> memory
> >> + above 4G.
> >> here is my understanding, if i pass crashkernel=1G crashkernel=250M,low
> >> in bootargs.
> >> - Linux will allocate first 250M in low memory (< 4G mem range)
> >> - Than rest 850M will be allocate from above 4G memory.
> >> So, parameters passed by me is correct and memory should be allocated.
> >> please help me if my understanding is wrong.
> >> --pk
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Have you built a 5.5 kernel with these v4 patches applied ?
> >
> > These changes are not in a release yet.
> >
>
>
> I meant with v7 patches ;-). You also need a corresponding kexec CLI with fixes in it .
>
Yes, I have applied v7 patches to 5.6-rc4.
After using kexec-tools() patches[1] on kexec-tools 2.0.20.git, It is
working now. Logs are below. Thanks!!
$ dmesg | grep crash
[ 0.000000] Reserving 500MB of low memory at 3182MB for crashkernel
(System low RAM: 2029MB)
[ 0.000000] crashkernel reserved: 0x000000be98c00000 -
0x000000bf98c00000 (4096 MB)
[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.6.0-rc4+
root=UUID=866b8df3-14f4-4e11-95a1-74a90ee9b694 ro crashkernel=4G
crashkernel=500M,low nowatchdog earlycon module_blacklist=qed,qede
[ 29.322393] crashkernel=500M,low
Tested-by: Prabhakar Kushwaha <pkushwaha@xxxxxxxxxxx>
you asked about built kernel version.. is this patch-set not valid for
previous kernel version like 5.4.18.
--pk
[1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2019-August/023569.html