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From devnull@lkml.org Thu Apr 25 15:51:23 2024 Delivery-date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:47:28 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261825AbVC1NmD (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:42:03 -0500 Received: from e6.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.146]:24250 "EHLO e6.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261781AbVC1N0u (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:26:50 -0500 Received: from d01relay04.pok.ibm.com (d01relay04.pok.ibm.com [9.56.227.236]) by e6.ny.us.ibm.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j2SDQoU9007222 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:26:50 -0500 Received: from d01av02.pok.ibm.com (d01av02.pok.ibm.com [9.56.224.216]) by d01relay04.pok.ibm.com (8.12.10/NCO/VER6.6) with ESMTP id j2SDQoW5225706 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:26:50 -0500 Received: from d01av02.pok.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d01av02.pok.ibm.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j2SDQo5A006827 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:26:50 -0500 Received: from wks126478wss.in.ibm.com (wks126478wss.in.ibm.com [9.182.14.178]) by d01av02.pok.ibm.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j2SDQlX8006749; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:26:48 -0500 Subject: [RFC/PATCH 8/17][Kdump] Retrieve saved max pfn From: Vivek Goyal To: Andrew Morton , lkml Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" , fastboot Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-FlwLNB0twL1fYzQ8WiX9" Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:56:48 +0530 Message-Id: <1112016408.4001.79.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-FlwLNB0twL1fYzQ8WiX9 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --=-FlwLNB0twL1fYzQ8WiX9 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=crashdump-x86-retrieve-max-pfn.patch Content-Type: message/rfc822; name=crashdump-x86-retrieve-max-pfn.patch From: Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:39:11 +0530 Subject: No Subject Message-Id: <1112011751.4001.28.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Vivek Goyal" o This patch retrieves the max_pfn being used by previous kernel and stores it in a safe location (saved_max_pfn) before it is overwritten due to user defined memory map. This pfn is used to make sure that user does not try to read the physical memory beyond saved_max_pfn. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm1-1M-root/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c | 12 ++++++++++++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm1-1M-root/include/linux/bootmem.h | 4 ++++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm1-1M-root/mm/bootmem.c | 8 ++++++++ 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+) diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/setup.c~crashdump-x86-retrieve-max-pfn arch/i386/kernel/setup.c --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm1-1M/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c~crashdump-x86-retrieve-max-pfn 2005-03-22 15:47:33.000000000 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm1-1M-root/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c 2005-03-22 15:47:33.000000000 +0530 @@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ #include "setup_arch_pre.h" #include +/* Forward Declaration. */ +void __init find_max_pfn(void); + /* This value is set up by the early boot code to point to the value immediately after the boot time page tables. It contains a *physical* address, and must not be in the .bss segment! */ @@ -715,6 +718,15 @@ static void __init parse_cmdline_early ( if (to != command_line) to--; if (!memcmp(from+7, "exactmap", 8)) { +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP + /* If we are doing a crash dump, we + * still need to know the real mem + * size before original memory map is + * reset. + */ + find_max_pfn(); + saved_max_pfn = max_pfn; +#endif from += 8+7; e820.nr_map = 0; userdef = 1; diff -puN include/linux/bootmem.h~crashdump-x86-retrieve-max-pfn include/linux/bootmem.h --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm1-1M/include/linux/bootmem.h~crashdump-x86-retrieve-max-pfn 2005-03-22 15:47:33.000000000 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm1-1M-root/include/linux/bootmem.h 2005-03-22 15:47:33.000000000 +0530 @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ extern unsigned long min_low_pfn; */ extern unsigned long max_pfn; +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP +extern unsigned long saved_max_pfn; +#endif + /* * node_bootmem_map is a map pointer - the bits represent all physical * memory pages (including holes) on the node. diff -puN mm/bootmem.c~crashdump-x86-retrieve-max-pfn mm/bootmem.c --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm1-1M/mm/bootmem.c~crashdump-x86-retrieve-max-pfn 2005-03-22 15:47:33.000000000 +0530 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm1-1M-root/mm/bootmem.c 2005-03-22 15:47:33.000000000 +0530 @@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(max_pfn); /* This is expo * dma_get_required_mask(), which uses * it, can be an inline function */ +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP +/* + * If we have booted due to a crash, max_pfn will be a very low value. We need + * to know the amount of memory that the previous kernel used. + */ +unsigned long saved_max_pfn; +#endif + /* return the number of _pages_ that will be allocated for the boot bitmap */ unsigned long __init bootmem_bootmap_pages (unsigned long pages) { _ --=-FlwLNB0twL1fYzQ8WiX9-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/