Re: [PATCH v17 03/10] x86: kdump: use macro CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX in functions reserve_crashkernel()

On 2021/12/16 22:48, Borislav Petkov wrote:

On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 08:08:30PM +0800, Leizhen (ThunderTown) wrote:

quoted

If the memory of 'crash_base' is successfully allocated at (1), because the last
parameter CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX is the upper bound, so we can sure that
"crash_base < CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX". So that, reserve_crashkernel_low() will not be
invoked at (3). That's why I said (1ULL << 32) is inaccurate and enlarge the CRASH_ADDR_LOW
upper limit.

No, this is actually wrong - that check *must* be 4G. See:

  eb6db83d1059 ("x86/setup: Do not reserve crashkernel high memory if low reservation failed")

It is even documented:

        crashkernel=size[KMG],low
                        [KNL, X86-64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high

[KNL, X86-64], This doc is for X86-64, not for X86-32

                        is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
                        above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
                        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.

vi arch/x86/kernel/setup.c +398

/*
 * Keep the crash kernel below this limit.
 *
 * Earlier 32-bits kernels would limit the kernel to the low 512 MB range
 * due to mapping restrictions.

If there is no such restriction, we can make CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX equal to (1ULL << 32) minus 1 on X86_32.

so you need to do a low allocation for DMA *when* the reserved memory is
above 4G. *NOT* above 512M. But that works due to the obscure situation,
as Baoquan stated, that reserve_crashkernel_low() returns 0 on 32-bit.

So all this is telling us is that that function needs serious cleanup.