[PATCH v2 4/4] x86: Pass memory range via E820 for kdump

Linn Crosetto linn at hp.com
Thu Feb 27 15:53:12 EST 2014


Hi Chao,

On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 02:28:32AM -0700, WANG Chao wrote:

[..]

> +static void setup_e820_ext(struct kexec_info *info, struct x86_linux_param_header *real_mode,
> +                          struct memory_range *range, int nr_range)
> +{
> +       struct setup_data *sd;
> +       struct e820entry *e820;
> +       int i, j, nr_range_ext;
> +
> +       nr_range_ext = nr_range - E820MAX;
> +       sd = malloc(sizeof(struct setup_data) + nr_range_ext * sizeof(struct e820entry));
> +       sd->next = 0;
> +       sd->len = nr_range_ext * sizeof(struct e820entry);
> +       sd->type = SETUP_E820_EXT;
> +
> +       e820 = (struct e820entry *) sd->data;
> +       dbgprintf("Extended E820 via setup_data:\n");
> +       for(i = 0, j = E820MAX; i < nr_range_ext; i++, j++) {
> +               e820[i].addr = range[j].start;
> +               e820[i].size = range[j].end - range[j].start;
> +               switch (range[j].type) {
> +               case RANGE_RAM:
> +                       e820[i].type = E820_RAM;
> +                       break;
> +               case RANGE_ACPI:
> +                       e820[i].type = E820_ACPI;
> +                       break;
> +               case RANGE_ACPI_NVS:
> +                       e820[i].type = E820_NVS;
> +                       break;
> +               default:
> +               case RANGE_RESERVED:
> +                       e820[i].type = E820_RESERVED;
> +                       break;
> +               }
> +               dbgprintf("%016lx-%016lx (%d)\n",
> +                               e820[i].addr,
> +                               e820[i].addr + e820[i].size - 1,
> +                               e820[i].type);
> +
> +               if (range[j].type != RANGE_RAM)
> +                       continue;
> +               if ((range[j].start <= 0x100000) && range[j].end > 0x100000) {
> +                       unsigned long long mem_k = (range[j].end >> 10) - (0x100000 >> 10);
> +                       real_mode->ext_mem_k = mem_k;
> +                       real_mode->alt_mem_k = mem_k;
> +                       if (mem_k > 0xfc00) {
> +                               real_mode->ext_mem_k = 0xfc00; /* 64M */
> +                       }
> +                       if (mem_k > 0xffffffff) {
> +                               real_mode->alt_mem_k = 0xffffffff;
> +                       }
> +               }
> +       }
> +       add_setup_data(info, real_mode, sd);
> +       free(sd);

Remove this call to free(sd) or the kernel will not boot if there are more than
E820MAX entries.

> +}
> +
> +static void setup_e820(struct kexec_info *info, struct x86_linux_param_header *real_mode,
> +                      struct memory_range *range, int nr_range)
> +{
> +
> +       int nr_range_saved = nr_range;
> +       int i;
> +
> +       if (nr_range > E820MAX) {
> +               nr_range = E820MAX;
> +       }
> +
> +       real_mode->e820_map_nr = nr_range;
> +       dbgprintf("E820 memmap:\n");
> +       for(i = 0; i < nr_range; i++) {
> +               real_mode->e820_map[i].addr = range[i].start;
> +               real_mode->e820_map[i].size = range[i].end - range[i].start;
> +               switch (range[i].type) {
> +                       case RANGE_RAM:
> +                               real_mode->e820_map[i].type = E820_RAM;
> +                               break;
> +                       case RANGE_ACPI:
> +                               real_mode->e820_map[i].type = E820_ACPI;
> +                               break;
> +                       case RANGE_ACPI_NVS:
> +                               real_mode->e820_map[i].type = E820_NVS;
> +                               break;
> +                       default:
> +                       case RANGE_RESERVED:
> +                               real_mode->e820_map[i].type = E820_RESERVED;
> +                               break;
> +               }
> +               dbgprintf("%016lx-%016lx (%d)\n",
> +                               real_mode->e820_map[i].addr,
> +                               real_mode->e820_map[i].addr + real_mode->e820_map[i].size - 1,
> +                               real_mode->e820_map[i].type);
> +
> +               if (range[i].type != RANGE_RAM)
> +                       continue;
> +               if ((range[i].start <= 0x100000) && range[i].end > 0x100000) {
> +                       unsigned long long mem_k = (range[i].end >> 10) - (0x100000 >> 10);
> +                       real_mode->ext_mem_k = mem_k;
> +                       real_mode->alt_mem_k = mem_k;
> +                       if (mem_k > 0xfc00) {
> +                               real_mode->ext_mem_k = 0xfc00; /* 64M */
> +                       }
> +                       if (mem_k > 0xffffffff) {
> +                               real_mode->alt_mem_k = 0xffffffff;
> +                       }
> +               }
> +       }
> +
> +       if (nr_range_saved > E820MAX) {
> +               dbgprintf("extra E820 memmap are passed via setup_data\n");
> +               setup_e820_ext(info, real_mode, range, nr_range_saved);
> +       }
> +}
> +

setup_e820() and setup_e820_ext() contain a lot of duplication. You could
combine them into a single function, similar to the implementation of
setup_e820() in the kernel.

>  static int
>  get_efi_mem_desc_version(struct x86_linux_param_header *real_mode)
>  {
> @@ -704,7 +830,7 @@ void setup_linux_system_parameters(struct kexec_info *info,

[..]

> +       if (info->kexec_flags & KEXEC_ON_CRASH && !pass_memmap_cmdline) {
> +               range = crash_memory_range;
> +               ranges = crash_memory_ranges;
> +       } else {
> +               range = info->memory_range;
> +               ranges = info->memory_ranges;
>         }

You can move this code into setup_e820(), since range and ranges are not used
elsewhere in setup_linux_system_parameters().

> +       setup_e820(info, real_mode, range, ranges);
> 
>         /* fill the EDD information */
>         setup_edd_info(real_mode);
> --
> 1.8.5.3

I tested boot (with the above fix) on a system with a large memory map, and can
easily test changes, if needed.

Thanks,
Linn



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