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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 5/6] x86, acpi, crash, kdump: Do reserve_crashkernel() after SRAT is parsed
On 09/26/2013 10:49 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 02:34:34AM +0800, Zhang Yanfei wrote:
>> From: Tang Chen <tangchen@cn.fujitsu.com>
>>
>> Memory reserved for crashkernel could be large. So we should not allocate
>> this memory bottom up from the end of kernel image.
>>
>> When SRAT is parsed, we will be able to know whihc memory is hotpluggable,
>> and we can avoid allocating this memory for the kernel. So reorder
>> reserve_crashkernel() after SRAT is parsed.
>>
>> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
>
> So, I was hoping to hear from you on how you tested it when I wrote
> the previous comment - the "provided..." part.
>

This function is actually used for kexec/kdump. So After applying
this patch, booting the kernel, this reservation is successful and
the kdump service starts successfully.

Thanks.

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Thanks.
Zhang Yanfei


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