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Date:   Sun, 2 Jul 2023 12:12:39 +0800
From:   Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
To:     Chen Jiahao <chenjiahao16@huawei.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v6 1/2] riscv: kdump: Implement
 crashkernel=X,[high,low]
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On 07/01/23 at 05:11pm, Chen Jiahao wrote:
> On riscv, the current crash kernel allocation logic is trying to
> allocate within 32bit addressible memory region by default, if
> failed, try to allocate without 4G restriction.
> 
> In need of saving DMA zone memory while allocating a relatively large
> crash kernel region, allocating the reserved memory top down in
> high memory, without overlapping the DMA zone, is a mature solution.
> Here introduce the parameter option crashkernel=X,[high,low].
> 
> One can reserve the crash kernel from high memory above DMA zone range
> by explicitly passing "crashkernel=X,high"; or reserve a memory range
> below 4G with "crashkernel=X,low".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Jiahao <chenjiahao16@huawei.com>
> Acked-by: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c |  5 +++
>  arch/riscv/mm/init.c      | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  2 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
> index 971fe776e2f8..376f5d49ce85 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ static void __init init_resources(void)
>  		if (ret < 0)
>  			goto error;
>  	}
> +	if (crashk_low_res.start != crashk_low_res.end) {
> +		ret = add_resource(&iomem_resource, &crashk_low_res);
> +		if (ret < 0)
> +			goto error;
> +	}
>  #endif
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> index 4b95d8999120..eeb31c2cc843 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> @@ -1298,6 +1298,28 @@ static inline void setup_vm_final(void)
>  }
>  #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
>  
> +/* Reserve 128M low memory by default for swiotlb buffer */
> +#define DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE	(128UL << 20)
> +
> +static int __init reserve_crashkernel_low(unsigned long long low_size)
> +{
> +	unsigned long long low_base;
> +
> +	low_base = memblock_phys_alloc_range(low_size, PMD_SIZE, 0, dma32_phys_limit);
> +	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%016llx - 0x%016llx (%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;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * reserve_crashkernel() - reserves memory for crash kernel
>   *
> @@ -1309,8 +1331,12 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
>  {
>  	unsigned long long crash_base = 0;
>  	unsigned long long crash_size = 0;
> +	unsigned long long crash_low_size = 0;
>  	unsigned long search_start = memblock_start_of_DRAM();
> -	unsigned long search_end = memblock_end_of_DRAM();
> +	unsigned long search_end = (unsigned long)dma32_phys_limit;
> +	char *cmdline = boot_command_line;
> +	bool fixed_base = false;
> +	bool high = false;
>  
>  	int ret = 0;
>  
> @@ -1326,14 +1352,36 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	ret = parse_crashkernel(boot_command_line, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
> +	ret = parse_crashkernel(cmdline, memblock_phys_mem_size(),
>  				&crash_size, &crash_base);
> -	if (ret || !crash_size)
> +	if (ret == -ENOENT) {
> +		/* Fallback to crashkernel=X,[high,low] */
> +		ret = parse_crashkernel_high(cmdline, 0, &crash_size, &crash_base);
> +		if (ret || !crash_size)
> +			return;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * crashkernel=Y,low is valid only when crashkernel=X,high
> +		 * is passed.
> +		 */
> +		ret = parse_crashkernel_low(cmdline, 0, &crash_low_size, &crash_base);
> +		if (ret == -ENOENT)
> +			crash_low_size = DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE;
> +		else if (ret)
> +			return;
> +
> +		search_start = (unsigned long)dma32_phys_limit;
> +		search_end = memblock_end_of_DRAM();
> +		high = true;
> +	} else if (ret || !crash_size) {
> +		/* Invalid argument value specified */
>  		return;
> +	}
>  
>  	crash_size = PAGE_ALIGN(crash_size);
>  
>  	if (crash_base) {
> +		fixed_base = true;
>  		search_start = crash_base;
>  		search_end = crash_base + crash_size;
>  	}
> @@ -1346,17 +1394,39 @@ static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
>  	 * swiotlb can work on the crash kernel.
>  	 */
>  	crash_base = memblock_phys_alloc_range(crash_size, PMD_SIZE,
> -					       search_start,
> -					       min(search_end, (unsigned long) SZ_4G));
> +					       search_start, search_end);
>  	if (crash_base == 0) {
> -		/* Try again without restricting region to 32bit addressible memory */
> +		if (fixed_base) {
> +			pr_warn("crashkernel: allocating failed with given size@offset\n");
> +			return;
> +		}
> +
> +		if (high) {
> +			/* Fall back to lower 32G reservation */
> +			search_start = memblock_start_of_DRAM();
> +			search_end = (unsigned long)dma32_phys_limit;
> +		} else {
> +			/* Try again above the region of 32bit addressible memory */
> +			search_start = (unsigned long)dma32_phys_limit;
> +			search_end = memblock_end_of_DRAM();
> +		}
> +
>  		crash_base = memblock_phys_alloc_range(crash_size, PMD_SIZE,
> -						search_start, search_end);
> +						       search_start, search_end);
>  		if (crash_base == 0) {
>  			pr_warn("crashkernel: couldn't allocate %lldKB\n",
>  				crash_size >> 10);
>  			return;
>  		}
> +
> +		if (!crash_low_size)
> +			crash_low_size = DEFAULT_CRASH_KERNEL_LOW_SIZE;

How do you differentiate the case user specifies crashkernel=0M,low
explicitly with the case that user doesn't specify crashkernel=,low, but
only specify crsahkernel=xM,high? I saw you don't have the test case
crashkernel=xM,high crashkernel=0M,low listed in your cover letter.

> +	}
> +
> +	if ((crash_base >= dma32_phys_limit) && crash_low_size &&
> +	     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",
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>