Re: [PATCH v15 7/7] x86/crash: add x86 crash hotplug support

From: Baoquan He
Date: Wed Jan 04 2023 - 04:10:09 EST


On 12/09/22 at 10:36am, Eric DeVolder wrote:
...... snip out
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> index 9ceb93c176a6..5186df48ce6c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> @@ -42,6 +42,21 @@
> #include <asm/crash.h>
> #include <asm/cmdline.h>
>
> +/*
> + * For the kexec_file_load() syscall path, specify the maximum number of
> + * memory regions that the elfcorehdr buffer/segment can accommodate.
> + * These regions are obtained via walk_system_ram_res(); eg. the
> + * 'System RAM' entries in /proc/iomem.
> + * This value is combined with NR_CPUS_DEFAULT and multiplied by
> + * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr) to determine the final elfcorehdr memory buffer/
> + * segment size.
> + * The value 8192, for example, covers a (sparsely populated) 1TiB system
> + * consisting of 128MiB memblocks, while resulting in an elfcorehdr
> + * memory buffer/segment size under 1MiB. This represents a sane choice
> + * to accommodate both baremetal and virtual machine configurations.
> + */
> +#define CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES 8192
> +
> /* Used while preparing memory map entries for second kernel */
> struct crash_memmap_data {
> struct boot_params *params;
> @@ -394,10 +409,39 @@ int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *image)
> if (ret)
> return ret;
>
> - image->elf_headers = kbuf.buffer;
> - image->elf_headers_sz = kbuf.bufsz;
> + image->elf_headers = kbuf.buffer;
> + image->elf_headers_sz = kbuf.bufsz;
> + kbuf.memsz = kbuf.bufsz;
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)) {

Do I miss anything important during reviewing? I can't see why memory
hotplug is also relying on HOTPLUG_CPU.

> + /*
> + * Ensure the elfcorehdr segment large enough for hotplug changes.
> + * Start with VMCOREINFO and kernel_map.
> + */
> + unsigned long pnum = 2;
> +
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU))
> + pnum += CONFIG_NR_CPUS_DEFAULT;
> +
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG))
> + pnum += CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES;
> +
> + if (pnum < (unsigned long)PN_XNUM) {
> + kbuf.memsz = pnum * sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
> + kbuf.memsz += sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr);
> +
> + image->elfcorehdr_index = image->nr_segments;
> + image->elfcorehdr_index_valid = true;
> +
> + /* Mark as usable to crash kernel, else crash kernel fails on boot */
> + image->elf_headers_sz = kbuf.memsz;
> + } else {
> + pr_err("number of Phdrs %lu exceeds max\n", pnum);
> + }
> + }
> +#endif
>
> - kbuf.memsz = kbuf.bufsz;
> kbuf.buf_align = ELF_CORE_HEADER_ALIGN;
> kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
> ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
> @@ -412,3 +456,67 @@ int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *image)
> return ret;
> }
> #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE */
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG
> +
> +#undef pr_fmt
> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) "crash hp: " fmt
> +
> +/**
> + * arch_crash_handle_hotplug_event() - Handle hotplug elfcorehdr changes
> + * @image: the active struct kimage
> + *
> + * To accurately reflect hot un/plug changes, the new elfcorehdr
> + * is prepared in a kernel buffer, and then it is written on top
> + * of the existing/old elfcorehdr.
> + */
> +void arch_crash_handle_hotplug_event(struct kimage *image)
> +{
> + void *elfbuf = NULL, *old_elfcorehdr;
> + unsigned long mem, memsz;
> + unsigned long elfsz = 0;
> +
> + /*
> + * Create the new elfcorehdr reflecting the changes to CPU and/or
> + * memory resources.
> + */
> + if (prepare_elf_headers(image, &elfbuf, &elfsz)) {
> + pr_err("unable to prepare elfcore headers");
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * Obtain address and size of the elfcorehdr segment, and
> + * check it against the new elfcorehdr buffer.
> + */
> + mem = image->segment[image->elfcorehdr_index].mem;
> + memsz = image->segment[image->elfcorehdr_index].memsz;
> + if (elfsz > memsz) {
> + pr_err("update elfcorehdr elfsz %lu > memsz %lu",
> + elfsz, memsz);
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * Copy new elfcorehdr over the old elfcorehdr at destination.
> + */
> + old_elfcorehdr = kmap_local_page(pfn_to_page(mem >> PAGE_SHIFT));
> + if (old_elfcorehdr) {
> + pr_err("updating elfcorehdr failed\n");
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * Temporarily invalidate the crash image while the
> + * elfcorehdr is updated.
> + */
> + xchg(&kexec_crash_image, NULL);
> + memcpy_flushcache(old_elfcorehdr, elfbuf, elfsz);
> + xchg(&kexec_crash_image, image);
> + kunmap_local(old_elfcorehdr);
> + pr_debug("updated elfcorehdr\n");
> +
> +out:
> + vfree(elfbuf);
> +}
> +#endif
> --
> 2.31.1
>