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[v24,6/6] docs: kdump: Update the crashkernel description for arm64

Message ID 20220506114402.365-7-thunder.leizhen@huawei.com
State Accepted
Commit 5832f1ae50600ac6b2b6d00cfef42d33a9473f06
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Series support reserving crashkernel above 4G on arm64 kdump | expand

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Leizhen (ThunderTown) May 6, 2022, 11:44 a.m. UTC
Now arm64 has added support for "crashkernel=X,high" and
"crashkernel=Y,low". Unlike x86, crash low memory is not allocated if
"crashkernel=Y,low" is not specified.

Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Leizhen (ThunderTown) May 7, 2022, 3:23 a.m. UTC | #1
On 2022/5/7 9:41, Leizhen (ThunderTown) wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2022/5/7 7:14, Baoquan He wrote:
>> On 05/06/22 at 07:44pm, Zhen Lei wrote:
>>> Now arm64 has added support for "crashkernel=X,high" and
>>> "crashkernel=Y,low". Unlike x86, crash low memory is not allocated if
>>> "crashkernel=Y,low" is not specified.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
>>> ---
>>>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++++--
>>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>>> index 3f1cc5e317ed4a5..aa44c61114aa4b8 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>>> @@ -808,7 +808,7 @@
>>>  			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
>>>  
>>>  	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
>>> -			[KNL, X86-64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
>>> +			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
>>>  			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
>>>  			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
>>>  			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
>>> @@ -821,7 +821,7 @@
>>>  			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
>>>  			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
>>>  			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
>>> -			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
>>> +			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
>>>  			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
>>>  			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
>>>  			for second kernel instead.
>>> @@ -829,6 +829,11 @@
>>>  			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
>>>  			or memory reserved is below 4G.
>>>  
>>> +			[KNL, ARM64] range in low memory.
>>> +			This one let user to specify a low range in DMA zone for
>>                                           ^ not needed,
>>                         Maybe Catalin can fix it when merging.
> 
> Delete "This one let user to" or the entire sentence? I understand it to be the former.

I re-read the doc, That's what x86 uses. So it's probably not a problem. Unlike x86
under 4G, arm64 requires in DMA zone (Such as Raspberry Pi 4, it may under 1G or 3G).

"This one let user to specify own low range under 4G for second kernel instead."

> 
>>
>> Other than this, LGTM,
>>
>> Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
>>
>>> +			crash dump kernel.
>>> +			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used.
>>> +
>>>  	cryptomgr.notests
>>>  			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
>>>  
>>> -- 
>>> 2.25.1
>>>
>>
>> .
>>
>
Catalin Marinas May 7, 2022, 6:22 p.m. UTC | #2
On Sat, May 07, 2022 at 11:30:59AM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 05/07/22 at 09:41am, Leizhen (ThunderTown) wrote:
> > On 2022/5/7 7:14, Baoquan He wrote:
> > > On 05/06/22 at 07:44pm, Zhen Lei wrote:
> > >> Now arm64 has added support for "crashkernel=X,high" and
> > >> "crashkernel=Y,low". Unlike x86, crash low memory is not allocated if
> > >> "crashkernel=Y,low" is not specified.
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
> > >> ---
> > >>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++++--
> > >>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >>
> > >> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > >> index 3f1cc5e317ed4a5..aa44c61114aa4b8 100644
> > >> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > >> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > >> @@ -808,7 +808,7 @@
> > >>  			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
> > >>  
> > >>  	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
> > >> -			[KNL, X86-64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
> > >> +			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
> > >>  			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
> > >>  			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
> > >>  			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
> > >> @@ -821,7 +821,7 @@
> > >>  			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
> > >>  			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
> > >>  			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
> > >> -			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
> > >> +			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
> > >>  			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
> > >>  			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
> > >>  			for second kernel instead.
> > >> @@ -829,6 +829,11 @@
> > >>  			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
> > >>  			or memory reserved is below 4G.
> > >>  
> > >> +			[KNL, ARM64] range in low memory.
> > >> +			This one let user to specify a low range in DMA zone for
> > >                                           ^ not needed,
> > >                         Maybe Catalin can fix it when merging.
> > 
> > Delete "This one let user to" or the entire sentence? I understand it to be the former.
> 
> Oh, I mean the 'to' is not needed. "This one let user specify ....". The
> 'to' is a grammer mistake.

Slightly more correct is "This one lets the user specify..."

I can fix them up when applying.
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 3f1cc5e317ed4a5..aa44c61114aa4b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ 
 			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
 
 	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
-			[KNL, X86-64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
+			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
 			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
 			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
 			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ 
 			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
 			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
 			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
-			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
+			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
 			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
 			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
 			for second kernel instead.
@@ -829,6 +829,11 @@ 
 			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
 			or memory reserved is below 4G.
 
+			[KNL, ARM64] range in low memory.
+			This one let user to specify a low range in DMA zone for
+			crash dump kernel.
+			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used.
+
 	cryptomgr.notests
 			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests