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authorManish Ahuja <ahuja@austin.ibm.com>2008-03-22 10:37:08 +1100
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2008-03-26 08:44:06 +1100
commit6ac26c8a7eb149dbd669cc6cd9b77ffc9cd0d2fb (patch)
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parentd28a79326a4028dbb1755b8efe6daa915d8bfeea (diff)
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[POWERPC] pseries: phyp dump: Reserve and release memory
Initial patch for reserving memory in early boot, and freeing it later. If the previous boot had ended with a crash, the reserved memory would contain a copy of the crashed kernel data. Signed-off-by: Manish Ahuja <mahuja@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linasvepstas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c52
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile1
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/phyp_dump.c103
3 files changed, 156 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index ff600ef0b4d6..e6c022ef12ee 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
#include <asm/machdep.h>
#include <asm/pSeries_reconfig.h>
#include <asm/pci-bridge.h>
+#include <asm/phyp_dump.h>
#include <asm/kexec.h>
#ifdef DEBUG
@@ -1040,6 +1041,51 @@ static void __init early_reserve_mem(void)
#endif
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_PHYP_DUMP
+/**
+ * phyp_dump_reserve_mem() - reserve all not-yet-dumped mmemory
+ *
+ * This routine may reserve memory regions in the kernel only
+ * if the system is supported and a dump was taken in last
+ * boot instance or if the hardware is supported and the
+ * scratch area needs to be setup. In other instances it returns
+ * without reserving anything. The memory in case of dump being
+ * active is freed when the dump is collected (by userland tools).
+ */
+static void __init phyp_dump_reserve_mem(void)
+{
+ unsigned long base, size;
+ if (!phyp_dump_info->phyp_dump_configured) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "Phyp-dump not supported on this hardware\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (phyp_dump_info->phyp_dump_is_active) {
+ /* Reserve *everything* above RMR.Area freed by userland tools*/
+ base = PHYP_DUMP_RMR_END;
+ size = lmb_end_of_DRAM() - base;
+
+ /* XXX crashed_ram_end is wrong, since it may be beyond
+ * the memory_limit, it will need to be adjusted. */
+ lmb_reserve(base, size);
+
+ phyp_dump_info->init_reserve_start = base;
+ phyp_dump_info->init_reserve_size = size;
+ } else {
+ size = phyp_dump_info->cpu_state_size +
+ phyp_dump_info->hpte_region_size +
+ PHYP_DUMP_RMR_END;
+ base = lmb_end_of_DRAM() - size;
+ lmb_reserve(base, size);
+ phyp_dump_info->init_reserve_start = base;
+ phyp_dump_info->init_reserve_size = size;
+ }
+}
+#else
+static inline void __init phyp_dump_reserve_mem(void) {}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PHYP_DUMP && CONFIG_PPC_RTAS */
+
+
void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
{
DBG(" -> early_init_devtree(%p)\n", params);
@@ -1052,6 +1098,11 @@ void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
of_scan_flat_dt(early_init_dt_scan_rtas, NULL);
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PHYP_DUMP
+ /* scan tree to see if dump occured during last boot */
+ of_scan_flat_dt(early_init_dt_scan_phyp_dump, NULL);
+#endif
+
/* Retrieve various informations from the /chosen node of the
* device-tree, including the platform type, initrd location and
* size, TCE reserve, and more ...
@@ -1072,6 +1123,7 @@ void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
reserve_kdump_trampoline();
reserve_crashkernel();
early_reserve_mem();
+ phyp_dump_reserve_mem();
lmb_enforce_memory_limit(memory_limit);
lmb_analyze();
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile
index 992ba6753cf2..bdae04bb7a01 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU) += hotplug-cpu.o
obj-$(CONFIG_HVC_CONSOLE) += hvconsole.o
obj-$(CONFIG_HVCS) += hvcserver.o
obj-$(CONFIG_HCALL_STATS) += hvCall_inst.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PHYP_DUMP) += phyp_dump.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/phyp_dump.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/phyp_dump.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..230286cafffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/phyp_dump.c
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * Hypervisor-assisted dump
+ *
+ * Linas Vepstas, Manish Ahuja 2008
+ * Copyright 2008 IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/pfn.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
+
+#include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/phyp_dump.h>
+#include <asm/machdep.h>
+#include <asm/prom.h>
+
+/* Variables, used to communicate data between early boot and late boot */
+static struct phyp_dump phyp_dump_vars;
+struct phyp_dump *phyp_dump_info = &phyp_dump_vars;
+
+/**
+ * release_memory_range -- release memory previously lmb_reserved
+ * @start_pfn: starting physical frame number
+ * @nr_pages: number of pages to free.
+ *
+ * This routine will release memory that had been previously
+ * lmb_reserved in early boot. The released memory becomes
+ * available for genreal use.
+ */
+static void
+release_memory_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+ struct page *rpage;
+ unsigned long end_pfn;
+ long i;
+
+ end_pfn = start_pfn + nr_pages;
+
+ for (i = start_pfn; i <= end_pfn; i++) {
+ rpage = pfn_to_page(i);
+ if (PageReserved(rpage)) {
+ ClearPageReserved(rpage);
+ init_page_count(rpage);
+ __free_page(rpage);
+ totalram_pages++;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+static int __init phyp_dump_setup(void)
+{
+ unsigned long start_pfn, nr_pages;
+
+ /* If no memory was reserved in early boot, there is nothing to do */
+ if (phyp_dump_info->init_reserve_size == 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ /* Release memory that was reserved in early boot */
+ start_pfn = PFN_DOWN(phyp_dump_info->init_reserve_start);
+ nr_pages = PFN_DOWN(phyp_dump_info->init_reserve_size);
+ release_memory_range(start_pfn, nr_pages);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+machine_subsys_initcall(pseries, phyp_dump_setup);
+
+int __init early_init_dt_scan_phyp_dump(unsigned long node,
+ const char *uname, int depth, void *data)
+{
+ const unsigned int *sizes;
+
+ phyp_dump_info->phyp_dump_configured = 0;
+ phyp_dump_info->phyp_dump_is_active = 0;
+
+ if (depth != 1 || strcmp(uname, "rtas") != 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "ibm,configure-kernel-dump", NULL))
+ phyp_dump_info->phyp_dump_configured++;
+
+ if (of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "ibm,dump-kernel", NULL))
+ phyp_dump_info->phyp_dump_is_active++;
+
+ sizes = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "ibm,configure-kernel-dump-sizes",
+ NULL);
+ if (!sizes)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (sizes[0] == 1)
+ phyp_dump_info->cpu_state_size = *((unsigned long *)&sizes[1]);
+
+ if (sizes[3] == 2)
+ phyp_dump_info->hpte_region_size =
+ *((unsigned long *)&sizes[4]);
+ return 1;
+}
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