Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:46:11 +0800 | From | Zhang Yanfei <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 5/6] x86, acpi, crash, kdump: Do reserve_crashkernel() after SRAT is parsed |
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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.
-- Thanks. Zhang Yanfei
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