The kexec purgatory has to run in real mode. Only the first memory
block maybe accessible in real mode. And, unlike the case with panic
kernel, no memory is set aside for regular kexec load. Another thing
to note is, the memory for crashkernel is reserved at an offset of
128MB. So, when crashkernel memory is reserved, the memory ranges to
load kexec segments shrink further as the generic code only looks for
memblock free memory ranges and in all likelihood only a tiny bit of
memory from 0 to 128MB would be available to load kexec segments.
With kdump being used by default in general, kexec file load is likely
to fail almost always. This can be fixed by changing the memory hole
lookup logic for regular kexec to use the same method as kdump. This
would mean that most kexec segments will overlap with crashkernel
memory region. That should still be ok as the pages, whose destination
address isn't available while loading, are placed in an intermediate
location till a flush to the actual destination address happens during
kexec boot sequence.
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/159602302326.575379.14038896654942043093.stgit@hbathini
Though kdump kernel boots from loaded address, the first 64KB of it is
copied down to real 0. So, setup a backup region and let purgatory
copy the first 64KB of crashed kernel into this backup region before
booting into kdump kernel. Update reserve map with backup region and
crashed kernel's memory to avoid kdump kernel from accidentially using
that memory.
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/159602294718.575379.16216507537038008623.stgit@hbathini
Kdump kernel, used for capturing the kernel core image, is supposed
to use only specific memory regions to avoid corrupting the image to
be captured. The regions are crashkernel range - the memory reserved
explicitly for kdump kernel, memory used for the tce-table, the OPAL
region and RTAS region as applicable. Restrict kdump kernel memory
to use only these regions by setting up usable-memory DT property.
Also, tell the kdump kernel to run at the loaded address by setting
the magic word at 0x5c.
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Pingfan Liu <piliu@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/159602284284.575379.6962016255404325493.stgit@hbathini
crashkernel region could have an overlap with special memory regions
like OPAL, RTAS, TCE table & such. These regions are referred to as
excluded memory ranges. Setup these ranges during image probe in order
to avoid them while finding the buffer for different kdump segments.
Override arch_kexec_locate_mem_hole() to locate a memory hole taking
these ranges into account.
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/159602281047.575379.6636807148335160795.stgit@hbathini
