[PATCH 2/2] powerpc/fadump: update about offset where fadump is reserved
From: Hari Bathini <hidden>
Date: 2017-05-22 09:35:55
Subsystem:
documentation, linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Madhavan Srinivasan, Linus Torvalds
With commit f6e6bedb7731 ("powerpc/fadump: Reserve memory at an offset
closer to bottom of RAM"), memory for fadump is no longer reserved at
the top of RAM. But there are still a few places which say so. Change
them appropriately.
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <redacted>
---
Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt | 4 ++--
arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt
index 9cabaf8..bdd344a 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ as follows: boot successfully. For syntax of crashkernel= parameter, refer to Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt. If any offset is provided in crashkernel= parameter, it will be ignored - as fadump reserves memory at end of RAM for boot memory - dump preservation in case of a crash. + as fadump uses a predefined offset to reserve memory + for boot memory dump preservation in case of a crash. -- After the low memory (boot memory) area has been saved, the firmware will reset PCI and other hardware state. It will
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index c0db844..63c4281 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ static inline unsigned long fadump_calculate_reserve_size(void) /* * Check if the size is specified through crashkernel= cmdline - * option. If yes, then use that but ignore base as fadump - * reserves memory at end of RAM. + * option. If yes, then use that but ignore base as fadump reserves + * memory at a predefined offset. */ ret = parse_crashkernel(boot_command_line, memblock_phys_mem_size(), &size, &base);