[PATCH v26 6/7] arm64: kdump: update a kernel doc

On 16/09/16 18:08, James Morse wrote:

Hi Akashi,

On 07/09/16 05:29, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:

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This patch adds arch specific descriptions about kdump usage on arm64
to kdump.txt.

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diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt

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@@ -249,6 +249,13 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm)

     AUTO_ZRELADDR=y

+Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm64)
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+- Please note that kvm of the dump-capture kernel will not be enabled
+  on non-VHE systems even if it is configured. This is because the CPU
+  cannot be reset to EL2 on panic.

Nit:
cannot be -> will not be

We could try to do this, but its more code that could prevent us reaching the
kdump kernel, so we choose not to.

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@@ -370,6 +381,9 @@ For s390x:
 For arm:
 	"1 maxcpus=1 reset_devices"

+For arm64:
+	"1 maxcpus=1 reset_devices"
+

'maxcpus=1' is a bit fragile. Since 44dbcc93ab67145 ("arm64: Fix behavior of
maxcpus=N") udev on ubuntu vivid (running on Juno) has taken it upon itself to
bring the secondary cores online, even when booted with 'maxcpus=1'.

This looks pretty much like a bug to me and should get fixed on their site.

Can we change the recomendation to "1 nosmp reset_devices"?


Thanks,

James


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