[PATCH v5 0/3] makedumpfile/arm64: Add support for ARMv8.2 extensions

[Bhupesh Sharma]

Changes since v4:
----------------
- v4 can be seen here:
  https://www.spinics.net/lists/kexec/msg23850.html
- Removed the patch (via [PATCH 4/4] in v3) which marked '--mem-usage'
  option as unsupported for arm64 architecture, as we now have a mechanism
  to read the 'vabits_actual' value from 'id_aa64mmfr2_el1' arm64 system
  architecture register. As per discussions with arm64 and gcc/binutils
  maintainers it turns out there is no standard ABI available between
  the kernel and user-space to export this value early enough to be used
  for page_offset calculation in the --mem-usage case. So, the next best
  option is to have the user-space read the system register to determine
  underlying hardware support for larger (52-bit) addressing support.

  This allows us to keep supporting '--mem-usage' option on arm64 even
  on newer kernels (with flipped VA space).

Changes since v3:
----------------
- v3 can be seen here:
  http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2019-March/022534.html
- Added a new patch (via [PATCH 4/4]) which marks '--mem-usage' option as
  unsupported for arm64 architecture. With the newer arm64 kernels
  supporting 48-bit/52-bit VA address spaces and keeping a single
  binary for supporting the same, the address of
  kernel symbols like _stext, which could be earlier used to determine
  VA_BITS value, can no longer to determine whether VA_BITS is set to 48
  or 52 in the kernel space. Hence for now, it makes sense to mark
  '--mem-usage' option as unsupported for arm64 architecture until
  we have more clarity from arm64 kernel maintainers on how to manage
  the same in future kernel/makedumpfile versions.

Changes since v2:
----------------
- v2 can be seen here:
  http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2019-February/022456.html
- I missed some comments from Kazu sent on the LVA v1 patch when I sent
  out the v2. So, addressing them now in v3.
- Also added a patch that adds a tree-wide feature to read
  'MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS' from vmcoreinfo (if available).

Changes since v1:
----------------
- v1 was sent as two separate patches:
  http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2019-February/022424.html
  (ARMv8.2-LPA)
  http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2019-February/022425.html
  (ARMv8.2-LVA)
- v2 combined the two in a single patchset and also addresses Kazu's
  review comments.

This patchset adds support for ARMv8.2 extensions in makedumpfile code.
I cover the following cases with this patchset:
- Both old (<5.4) and new kernels (>= 5.4) work well.
- All VA and PA bit combinations currently supported via the kernel
  CONFIG options work well, including:
 - 48-bit kernel VA + 52-bit PA (LPA)
 - 52-bit kernel VA (LVA) + 52-bit PA (LPA)

This has been tested for the following user-cases:
1. Analysing page information via '--mem-usage' option.
2. Creating a dumpfile using /proc/vmcore,
3. Creating a dumpfile using /proc/kcore, and
4. Post-processing a vmcore.

I have tested this patchset on the following platforms, with kernels
which support/do-not-support ARMv8.2 features:
1. CPUs which don't support ARMv8.2 features, e.g. qualcomm-amberwing,
   ampere-osprey.
2. Prototype models which support ARMv8.2 extensions (e.g. ARMv8 FVP
   simulation model).

Also a preparation patch has been added in this patchset which adds a
common feature for archs (except arm64, for which similar support is
added via subsequent patch) to retrieve 'MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS' from
vmcoreinfo (if available).

This patchset ensures backward compatibility for kernel versions in
which 'TCR_EL1.T1SZ' and 'MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS' are not available in
vmcoreinfo.

In the newer kernels (>= 5.4.0) the following patches export these
variables in the vmcoreinfo:
 - 1d50e5d0c505 ("crash_core, vmcoreinfo: Append 'MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS' to vmcoreinfo")
 - bbdbc11804ff ("arm64/crash_core: Export TCR_EL1.T1SZ in vmcoreinfo")

Cc: John Donnelly <john.p.donnelly at oracle.com>
Cc: Kazuhito Hagio <k-hagio at ab.jp.nec.com>
Cc: kexec at lists.infradead.org

Bhupesh Sharma (3):
  tree-wide: Retrieve 'MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS' from vmcoreinfo (if available)
  makedumpfile/arm64: Add support for ARMv8.2-LPA (52-bit PA support)
  makedumpfile/arm64: Add support for ARMv8.2-LVA (52-bit kernel VA
    support)

 arch/arm.c     |   8 +-
 arch/arm64.c   | 520 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 arch/ia64.c    |   7 +-
 arch/ppc.c     |   8 +-
 arch/ppc64.c   |  49 +++--
 arch/s390x.c   |  29 +--
 arch/sparc64.c |   9 +-
 arch/x86.c     |  34 ++--
 arch/x86_64.c  |  27 +--
 common.h       |  10 +
 makedumpfile.c |   4 +-
 makedumpfile.h |   6 +-
 12 files changed, 529 insertions(+), 182 deletions(-)

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