[RFC v3 PATCH 4/5] powerpc/crash hp: add crash hotplug support for kexec_file_load
Eric DeVolder
eric.devolder at oracle.com
Wed Mar 23 11:32:57 PDT 2022
Notes below.
eric
On 3/21/22 03:04, Sourabh Jain wrote:
> Two major changes are done to enable the crash CPU hotplug handler.
> Firstly, updated the kexec_load path to prepare kimage for hotplug
> changes and secondly, implemented the crash hotplug handler itself.
>
> On the kexec load path, memsz allocation of crash FDT segment is
> updated to ensure that it has sufficient buffer space to accommodate
> future hot add CPUs. Initialized the kimage members to track the FDT
> segment.
>
> The crash hotplug handler updates the cpus node of crash FDT. While
> we update crash FDT the kexec_crash_image is marked invalid and restored
> after FDT update to avoid race.
>
> Since memory crash hotplug support is not there yet the crash hotplug
> handler simply warn the user and return.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 86 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
> index 249d2632526d..a470fe6904e3 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
> @@ -466,6 +466,52 @@ int update_cpus_node(void *fdt)
> return ret;
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
> +/**
> + * arch_crash_hotplug_handler() - Handle hotplug FDT changes
> + * @image: the active struct kimage
> + * @hp_action: the hot un/plug action being handled
> + * @a: first parameter dependent upon hp_action
> + * @b: first parameter dependent upon hp_action
> + *
> + * To accurately reflect CPU hot un/plug changes, the FDT
> + * must be updated with the new list of CPUs and memories.
> + */
> +void arch_crash_hotplug_handler(struct kimage *image, unsigned int hp_action,
> + unsigned long a, unsigned long b)
> +{
> + void *fdt;
> +
> + /* No action needed for CPU hot-unplug */
> + if (hp_action == KEXEC_CRASH_HP_REMOVE_CPU)
> + return;
Just curious why no action is needed on cpu remove?
> +
> + /* crash update on memory hotplug is not support yet */
> + if (hp_action == KEXEC_CRASH_HP_REMOVE_MEMORY || hp_action == KEXEC_CRASH_HP_ADD_MEMORY) {
> + pr_err("crash hp: crash update is not supported with memory hotplug\n");
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + /* Must have valid FDT index */
> + if (!image->arch.fdt_index_valid) {
> + pr_err("crash hp: unable to locate FDT segment");
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + fdt = __va((void *)image->segment[image->arch.fdt_index].mem);
> +
> + /* Temporarily invalidate the crash image while it is replaced */
> + xchg(&kexec_crash_image, NULL);
> +
> + /* update FDT to refelect changes to CPU resrouces */
> + if (update_cpus_node(fdt))
> + pr_err("crash hp: failed to update crash FDT");
> +
> + /* The crash image is now valid once again */
> + xchg(&kexec_crash_image, image);
> +}
> +#endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG */
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_64S_HASH_MMU
> /* Values we need to export to the second kernel via the device tree. */
> static unsigned long htab_base;
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c
> index eeb258002d1e..2ffe6d69e186 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c
> @@ -24,6 +24,33 @@
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/types.h>
>
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
> +#define MAX_CORE 256
Is there a better config option to tie this value too?
> +#define PER_CORE_NODE_SIZE 1500
> +
> +/**
> + * get_crash_fdt_mem_sz() - calcuate mem size for crash kernel FDT
> + * @fdt: pointer to crash kernel FDT
> + *
> + * Calculate the buffer space needed to add more CPU nodes in FDT after
> + * capture kenrel load due to hot add events.
> + *
> + * Some assumption are made to calculate the additional buffer size needed
> + * to accommodate future hot add CPUs to the crash FDT. The maximum core count
> + * in the system would not go beyond MAX_CORE and memory needed to store per core
> + * date in FDT is PER_CORE_NODE_SIZE.
> + *
> + * Certainly MAX_CORE count can be replaced with possible core count and
> + * PER_CORE_NODE_SIZE to some standard value instead of randomly observed
> + * core size value on Power9 LPAR.
> + */
> +static unsigned int get_crash_fdt_mem_sz(void *fdt)
> +{
> + return fdt_totalsize(fdt) + (PER_CORE_NODE_SIZE * MAX_CORE);
> +}
> +#endif
> +
> static void *elf64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
> unsigned long kernel_len, char *initrd,
> unsigned long initrd_len, char *cmdline,
> @@ -123,6 +150,19 @@ static void *elf64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
> kbuf.buf_align = PAGE_SIZE;
> kbuf.top_down = true;
> kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
> + if (image->type == KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH) {
> + kbuf.memsz = get_crash_fdt_mem_sz(fdt);
> + fdt_set_totalsize(fdt, kbuf.memsz);
> + image->arch.fdt_index = image->nr_segments;
> + image->arch.fdt_index_valid = true;
> + } else
> +#endif
> + {
> + kbuf.memsz = fdt_totalsize(fdt);
> + }
> +
> ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
> if (ret)
> goto out_free_fdt;
>
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