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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 0/2] arm64: kdump: Function supplement and performance optimization
Hi Catalin,

On 07/11/22 at 05:03pm, Zhen Lei wrote:
> v2 --> v3:
> 1. Discard patch 3 in v2, a cleanup patch.
>
> v1 --> v2:
> 1. Update the commit message of Patch 1, explicitly indicates that "crashkernel=X,high"
> is specified but "crashkernel=Y,low" is not specified.
> 2. Drop Patch 4-5. Currently, focus on function integrity, performance optimization
> will be considered in later versions.
> 3. Patch 3 is not mandatory, it's just a cleanup now, although it is a must for patch 4-5.
> But to avoid subsequent duplication of effort, I'm glad it was accepted.
>
>
> v1:
> After the basic functions of "support reserving crashkernel above 4G on arm64
> kdump"(see https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/5/6/428) are implemented, we still have
> three features to be improved.
> 1. When crashkernel=X,high is specified but crashkernel=Y,low is not specified,
> the default crash low memory size is provided.
> 2. For crashkernel=X without '@offset', if the low memory fails to be allocated,
> fall back to reserve region from high memory(above DMA zones).
> 3. If crashkernel=X,high is used, page mapping is performed only for the crash
> high memory, and block mapping is still used for other linear address spaces.
> Compared to the previous version:
> (1) For crashkernel=X[@offset], the memory above 4G is not changed to block
> mapping, leave it to the next time.
> (2) The implementation method is modified. Now the implementation is simpler
> and clearer.

Do you have plan to pick this series so that it can be taken into 5.20
rc-1~3?

We have back ported the basic crashkernel=high, low, support into our
distros and have taken wide testing on arm64 servers, need this patchset
to back port for more testing.

Thanks
Baoquan

>
> Zhen Lei (2):
> arm64: kdump: Provide default size when crashkernel=Y,low is not
> specified
> arm64: kdump: Support crashkernel=X fall back to reserve region above
> DMA zones
>
> .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 ++-----
> arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>

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