CRASH_HOTPLUG is to enable cpu and memory hotplug support of crash.
CRASH_HOTPLUG_ELFCOREHDR_SZ is used to specify the maximum size of
the elfcorehdr buffer/segment.
This is a preparation for later usage.
Signed-off-by: Eric DeVolder <[email protected]>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 7340d9f01b62..8b51d3196b82 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2072,6 +2072,32 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y).
For more details see Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst
+config CRASH_HOTPLUG
+ bool "kernel updates of crash elfcorehdr"
+ depends on CRASH_DUMP && (HOTPLUG_CPU || MEMORY_HOTPLUG) && KEXEC_FILE
+ help
+ Enable the kernel to update the crash elfcorehdr (which contains
+ the list of CPUs and memory regions) directly when hot plug/unplug
+ of CPUs or memory. Otherwise userspace must monitor these hot
+ plug/unplug change notifications via udev in order to
+ unload-then-reload the crash kernel so that the list of CPUs and
+ memory regions is kept up-to-date. Note that the udev CPU and
+ memory change notifications still occur (however, userspace is not
+ required to monitor for crash dump purposes).
+
+config CRASH_HOTPLUG_ELFCOREHDR_SZ
+ depends on CRASH_HOTPLUG
+ int
+ default 131072
+ help
+ Specify the maximum size of the elfcorehdr buffer/segment.
+ The 128KiB default is sized so that it can accommodate 2048
+ Elf64_Phdr, where each Phdr represents either a CPU or a
+ region of memory.
+ For example, this size can accommodate a machine with up to 1024
+ CPUs and up to 1024 memory regions, eg. as represented by the
+ 'System RAM' entries in /proc/iomem.
+
config KEXEC_JUMP
bool "kexec jump"
depends on KEXEC && HIBERNATION
--
2.27.0
On 04/01/22 at 02:30pm, Eric DeVolder wrote:
> CRASH_HOTPLUG is to enable cpu and memory hotplug support of crash.
>
> CRASH_HOTPLUG_ELFCOREHDR_SZ is used to specify the maximum size of
> the elfcorehdr buffer/segment.
>
> This is a preparation for later usage.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric DeVolder <[email protected]>
LGTM,
Acked-by: Baoquan He <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 7340d9f01b62..8b51d3196b82 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -2072,6 +2072,32 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
> (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y).
> For more details see Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst
>
> +config CRASH_HOTPLUG
> + bool "kernel updates of crash elfcorehdr"
> + depends on CRASH_DUMP && (HOTPLUG_CPU || MEMORY_HOTPLUG) && KEXEC_FILE
> + help
> + Enable the kernel to update the crash elfcorehdr (which contains
> + the list of CPUs and memory regions) directly when hot plug/unplug
> + of CPUs or memory. Otherwise userspace must monitor these hot
> + plug/unplug change notifications via udev in order to
> + unload-then-reload the crash kernel so that the list of CPUs and
> + memory regions is kept up-to-date. Note that the udev CPU and
> + memory change notifications still occur (however, userspace is not
> + required to monitor for crash dump purposes).
> +
> +config CRASH_HOTPLUG_ELFCOREHDR_SZ
> + depends on CRASH_HOTPLUG
> + int
> + default 131072
> + help
> + Specify the maximum size of the elfcorehdr buffer/segment.
> + The 128KiB default is sized so that it can accommodate 2048
> + Elf64_Phdr, where each Phdr represents either a CPU or a
> + region of memory.
> + For example, this size can accommodate a machine with up to 1024
> + CPUs and up to 1024 memory regions, eg. as represented by the
> + 'System RAM' entries in /proc/iomem.
> +
> config KEXEC_JUMP
> bool "kexec jump"
> depends on KEXEC && HIBERNATION
> --
> 2.27.0
>
On 4/8/22 03:07, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 04/01/22 at 02:30pm, Eric DeVolder wrote:
>> CRASH_HOTPLUG is to enable cpu and memory hotplug support of crash.
>>
>> CRASH_HOTPLUG_ELFCOREHDR_SZ is used to specify the maximum size of
>> the elfcorehdr buffer/segment.
>>
>> This is a preparation for later usage.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric DeVolder <[email protected]>
>
> LGTM,
>
> Acked-by: Baoquan He <[email protected]>
Excellent, thanks!
eric
>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/Kconfig | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> index 7340d9f01b62..8b51d3196b82 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> @@ -2072,6 +2072,32 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
>> (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y).
>> For more details see Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst
>>
>> +config CRASH_HOTPLUG
>> + bool "kernel updates of crash elfcorehdr"
>> + depends on CRASH_DUMP && (HOTPLUG_CPU || MEMORY_HOTPLUG) && KEXEC_FILE
>> + help
>> + Enable the kernel to update the crash elfcorehdr (which contains
>> + the list of CPUs and memory regions) directly when hot plug/unplug
>> + of CPUs or memory. Otherwise userspace must monitor these hot
>> + plug/unplug change notifications via udev in order to
>> + unload-then-reload the crash kernel so that the list of CPUs and
>> + memory regions is kept up-to-date. Note that the udev CPU and
>> + memory change notifications still occur (however, userspace is not
>> + required to monitor for crash dump purposes).
>> +
>> +config CRASH_HOTPLUG_ELFCOREHDR_SZ
>> + depends on CRASH_HOTPLUG
>> + int
>> + default 131072
>> + help
>> + Specify the maximum size of the elfcorehdr buffer/segment.
>> + The 128KiB default is sized so that it can accommodate 2048
>> + Elf64_Phdr, where each Phdr represents either a CPU or a
>> + region of memory.
>> + For example, this size can accommodate a machine with up to 1024
>> + CPUs and up to 1024 memory regions, eg. as represented by the
>> + 'System RAM' entries in /proc/iomem.
>> +
>> config KEXEC_JUMP
>> bool "kexec jump"
>> depends on KEXEC && HIBERNATION
>> --
>> 2.27.0
>>
>