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Dave Young 9ca5c8e632 x86/kdump: Have crashkernel=X reserve under 4G by default 
The kdump crashkernel low reservation is limited to under 896M even for
X86_64. This obscure and miserable limitation exists for compatibility
with old kexec-tools but the reason is not documented anywhere.

Some more tests/investigations about the background:

a) Previously, old kexec-tools could only load purgatory to memory under
   2G. Eric removed that limitation in 2012 in kexec-tools:

     b4f9f8599679 ("kexec x86_64: Make purgatory relocatable anywhere
		   in the 64bit address space.")

b) Back in 2013 Yinghai removed all the limitations in new kexec-tools,
   bzImage64 can be loaded anywhere:

     82c3dd2280d2 ("kexec, x86_64: Load bzImage64 above 4G")

c) Test results with old kexec-tools with old and latest kernels:

  1. Old kexec-tools can not build with modern toolchain anymore,
     I built it in a RHEL6 vm.

  2. 2.0.0 kexec-tools does not work with the latest kernel even with
     memory under 896M and gives an error:

     "ELF core (kcore) parse failed"

     For that it needs below kexec-tools fix:

       ed15ba1b9977 ("build_mem_phdrs(): check if p_paddr is invalid")

  3. Even with patched kexec-tools which fixes 2),  it still needs some
     other fixes to work correctly for KASLR-enabled kernels.

So the situation is:

* Old kexec-tools is already broken with latest kernels.

* We can not keep these limitations forever just for compatibility with very
  old kexec-tools.

* If one must use old tools then he/she can choose crashkernel=X@Y.

* People have reported bugs where crashkernel=384M failed because KASLR
  makes the 0-896M space sparse.

* Crashkernel can reserve in low or high area, it is natural to understand
  low as memory under 4G.

Hence drop the 896M limitation and change crashkernel low reservation to
reserve under 4G by default.

Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.cz>
Cc: piliu@redhat.com
Cc: Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: vgoyal@redhat.com
Cc: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>
Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Cc: Zhimin Gu <kookoo.gu@intel.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190421035058.943630505@redhat.com
2019-04-22 10:15:16 +02:00
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acpi treewide: add checks for the return value of memblock_alloc*() 2019-03-12 10:04:02 -07:00
apic treewide: add checks for the return value of memblock_alloc*() 2019-03-12 10:04:02 -07:00
cpu x86/cpu/intel: Lower the "ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to normal" message's log priority 2019-04-19 19:23:13 +02:00
fpu x86/fpu: Move init_xstate_size() to __init section 2019-02-08 14:32:34 +01:00
kprobes x86/kprobes: Avoid kretprobe recursion bug 2019-04-19 14:26:07 +02:00
.gitignore
alternative.c Merge branch 'x86-alternatives-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-03-06 08:45:46 -08:00
amd_gart_64.c x86/amd_gart: fix unmapping of non-GART mappings 2019-01-05 08:27:32 +01:00
amd_nb.c x86/amd_nb: Add PCI device IDs for family 17h, model 30h 2018-11-07 21:36:09 +01:00
apb_timer.c
aperture_64.c x86/gart: Exclude GART aperture from kcore 2019-03-23 12:11:49 +01:00
apm_32.c x86/APM: Fix build warning when PROC_FS is not enabled 2018-09-15 10:16:25 +02:00
asm-offsets_32.c x86/entry/32: Load task stack from x86_tss.sp1 in SYSENTER handler 2018-07-20 01:11:36 +02:00
asm-offsets_64.c x86/paravirt: Move the pv_irq_ops under the PARAVIRT_XXL umbrella 2018-09-03 16:50:36 +02:00
asm-offsets.c x86/kernel: Fix more -Wmissing-prototypes warnings 2018-12-08 12:24:35 +01:00
audit_64.c
bootflag.c
check.c x86/headers: Fix -Wmissing-prototypes warning 2018-11-23 07:59:59 +01:00
cpuid.c x86/cpuid: Allow cpuid_read() to schedule 2018-03-27 12:01:48 +02:00
crash_dump_32.c
crash_dump_64.c x86: Fix various typos in comments 2018-12-03 10:49:13 +01:00
crash.c x86/kexec: Fix a kexec_file_load() failure 2019-01-15 12:12:50 +01:00
devicetree.c x86/headers: Fix -Wmissing-prototypes warning 2018-11-23 07:59:59 +01:00
doublefault.c
dumpstack_32.c x86/dumpstack: Unify show_regs() 2018-03-08 12:04:59 +01:00
dumpstack_64.c x86/dumpstack: Unify show_regs() 2018-03-08 12:04:59 +01:00
dumpstack.c x86/process: Don't mix user/kernel regs in 64bit __show_regs() 2018-09-06 14:33:12 +02:00
e820.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-03-12 10:39:53 -07:00
early_printk.c efi/x86: Convert x86 EFI earlyprintk into generic earlycon implementation 2019-02-04 08:27:30 +01:00
early-quirks.c On GEM side: 2018-07-20 12:29:24 +10:00
ebda.c
eisa.c x86/EISA: Don't probe EISA bus for Xen PV guests 2018-09-11 23:36:50 +02:00
espfix_64.c x86/espfix: Document use of _PAGE_GLOBAL 2018-04-09 18:27:33 +02:00
ftrace_32.S
ftrace_64.S x86/ftrace: Do not call function graph from dynamic trampolines 2018-12-19 22:43:37 -05:00
ftrace.c The biggest change for this release is in the histogram code. 2019-03-11 17:01:32 -07:00
head32.c x86/boot: Mostly revert commit ae7e1238e6 ("Add ACPI RSDP address to setup_header") 2018-11-20 09:43:10 +01:00
head64.c x86/boot: Mostly revert commit ae7e1238e6 ("Add ACPI RSDP address to setup_header") 2018-11-20 09:43:10 +01:00
head_32.S x86/pgtable/32: Allocate 8k page-tables when PTI is enabled 2018-07-20 01:11:41 +02:00
head_64.S xen/pvh: Split CONFIG_XEN_PVH into CONFIG_PVH and CONFIG_XEN_PVH 2018-12-13 13:41:49 -05:00
hpet.c x86/hpet: Prevent potential NULL pointer dereference 2019-03-21 12:24:38 +01:00
hw_breakpoint.c x86/hw_breakpoints: Make default case in hw_breakpoint_arch_parse() return an error 2019-03-22 17:08:17 +01:00
i8237.c x86/i8237: Register device based on FADT legacy boot flag 2018-04-27 16:44:29 +02:00
i8253.c
i8259.c x86: Don't include linux/irq.h from asm/hardirq.h 2018-08-05 09:53:13 +02:00
idt.c x86: Don't include linux/irq.h from asm/hardirq.h 2018-08-05 09:53:13 +02:00
ima_arch.c x86/ima: retry detecting secure boot mode 2018-12-11 07:19:45 -05:00
io_delay.c
ioport.c x86/ioport: add ksys_ioperm() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_ioperm() 2018-04-02 20:16:12 +02:00
irq_32.c x86: Don't include linux/irq.h from asm/hardirq.h 2018-08-05 09:53:13 +02:00
irq_64.c x86: Don't include linux/irq.h from asm/hardirq.h 2018-08-05 09:53:13 +02:00
irq_work.c
irq.c x86: Don't include linux/irq.h from asm/hardirq.h 2018-08-05 09:53:13 +02:00
irqflags.S x86/paravirt: Make native_save_fl() extern inline 2018-07-03 10:56:27 +02:00
irqinit.c x86: Don't include linux/irq.h from asm/hardirq.h 2018-08-05 09:53:13 +02:00
itmt.c
jailhouse.c x86/headers: Fix -Wmissing-prototypes warning 2018-11-23 07:59:59 +01:00
jump_label.c jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig 2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
kdebugfs.c
kexec-bzimage64.c Merge branch 'next-integrity' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2019-03-10 17:32:04 -07:00
kgdb.c x86/kernel: Mark expected switch-case fall-throughs 2019-01-26 11:19:13 +01:00
ksysfs.c treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
kvm.c KVM: x86: WARN_ONCE if sending a PV IPI returns a fatal error 2019-01-25 19:11:33 +01:00
kvmclock.c x86: kvmguest: use TSC clocksource if invariant TSC is exposed 2019-02-20 22:48:52 +01:00
ldt.c x86/ldt: Remove unused variable in map_ldt_struct() 2018-11-06 21:35:11 +01:00
livepatch.c
machine_kexec_32.c x86/kexec: Allocate 8k PGDs for PTI 2018-07-30 13:53:48 +02:00
machine_kexec_64.c x86/kdump: Export the SME mask to vmcoreinfo 2019-01-11 16:09:25 +01:00
Makefile jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig 2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
mmconf-fam10h_64.c
module.c x86: Add support for 64-bit place relative relocations 2018-09-27 17:56:47 +02:00
mpparse.c x86/mm: Don't leak kernel addresses 2019-03-19 12:10:56 +01:00
msr.c x86: Clean up 'sizeof x' => 'sizeof(x)' 2018-10-29 07:13:28 +01:00
nmi_selftest.c
nmi.c
paravirt_patch_32.c x86/paravirt: Remove unused _paravirt_ident_32 2018-10-30 09:55:31 +01:00
paravirt_patch_64.c x86/paravirt: Remove unused _paravirt_ident_32 2018-10-30 09:55:31 +01:00
paravirt-spinlocks.c x86/paravirt: Use a single ops structure 2018-09-03 16:50:35 +02:00
paravirt.c x86/paravirt: Remove unused _paravirt_ident_32 2018-10-30 09:55:31 +01:00
pci-calgary_64.c x86/calgary: remove the mapping_error dma_map_ops method 2018-12-06 06:56:46 -08:00
pci-dma.c dma-mapping: bypass indirect calls for dma-direct 2018-12-13 21:06:18 +01:00
pci-iommu_table.c x86/iommu: Use NULL instead of 0 2018-08-02 14:33:19 +02:00
pci-swiotlb.c dma-direct: merge swiotlb_dma_ops into the dma_direct code 2018-12-13 21:06:17 +01:00
pcspeaker.c x86/platform/pcspeaker: Use PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO() to fix ptr_ret.cocci warning 2018-07-24 09:46:42 +02:00
perf_regs.c perf/x86: Store user space frame-pointer value on a sample 2018-05-25 08:11:12 +02:00
platform-quirks.c x86/i8237: Register device based on FADT legacy boot flag 2018-04-27 16:44:29 +02:00
pmem.c
probe_roms.c
process_32.c Merge branch 'x86-fpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-12-26 17:37:51 -08:00
process_64.c Merge branch 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-12-26 18:08:18 -08:00
process.c x86/speculation: Prevent deadlock on ssb_state::lock 2019-04-14 23:05:52 +02:00
process.h x86/speculation: Change misspelled STIPB to STIBP 2018-12-06 11:49:15 +01:00
ptrace.c x86/fsgsbase/64: Fix the base write helper functions 2018-12-18 14:26:09 +01:00
pvclock.c mm: remove include/linux/bootmem.h 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
quirks.c x86/headers: Fix -Wmissing-prototypes warning 2018-11-23 07:59:59 +01:00
reboot_fixups_32.c
reboot.c x86/reboot, efi: Use EFI reboot for Acer TravelMate X514-51T 2019-04-16 10:01:24 +02:00
relocate_kernel_32.S
relocate_kernel_64.S
resource.c
rtc.c x86: Convert x86_platform_ops to timespec64 2018-05-19 14:03:14 +02:00
setup_percpu.c memblock: drop memblock_alloc_*_nopanic() variants 2019-03-12 10:04:02 -07:00
setup.c x86/kdump: Have crashkernel=X reserve under 4G by default 2019-04-22 10:15:16 +02:00
signal_compat.c signal: Add TRAP_UNK si_code for undiagnosted trap exceptions 2018-04-25 10:40:56 -05:00
signal.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
smp.c x86/irq: Let interrupt handlers set kvm_cpu_l1tf_flush_l1d 2018-08-05 09:53:13 +02:00
smpboot.c Merge branch 'x86-cleanups-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-03-07 16:36:57 -08:00
stacktrace.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
step.c
sys_x86_64.c x86/compat: Adjust in_compat_syscall() to generic code under !COMPAT 2018-11-01 12:59:25 +01:00
sysfb_efi.c x86/kernel: Fix more -Wmissing-prototypes warnings 2018-12-08 12:24:35 +01:00
sysfb_simplefb.c
sysfb.c
tboot.c iommu/vtd: Cleanup dma_remapping.h header 2018-11-12 14:22:56 +01:00
tce_64.c mm: remove include/linux/bootmem.h 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
time.c Merge branch 'x86-vdso-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-10-23 19:07:25 +01:00
tls.c
tls.h
topology.c x86/xen: Disable CPU0 hotplug for Xen PV 2018-09-12 21:15:02 +02:00
trace_clock.c
tracepoint.c x86/kernel: Fix more -Wmissing-prototypes warnings 2018-12-08 12:24:35 +01:00
traps.c Merge branch 'x86-fpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-03-07 17:09:28 -08:00
tsc_msr.c x86/cpu: Sanitize FAM6_ATOM naming 2018-10-02 10:14:32 +02:00
tsc_sync.c
tsc.c x86/tsc: Make calibration refinement more robust 2018-11-06 21:53:15 +01:00
umip.c signal/x86: Use force_sig_fault where appropriate 2018-09-21 15:30:54 +02:00
unwind_frame.c x86/unwind: Handle NULL pointer calls better in frame unwinder 2019-03-06 23:03:26 +01:00
unwind_guess.c
unwind_orc.c x86/unwind: Add hardcoded ORC entry for NULL 2019-03-06 23:03:26 +01:00
uprobes.c x86/kernel: Mark expected switch-case fall-throughs 2019-01-26 11:19:13 +01:00
verify_cpu.S
vm86_32.c Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
vmlinux.lds.S x86/build/lto: Fix truncated .bss with -fdata-sections 2019-04-16 08:20:55 +02:00
vsmp_64.c x86/vsmp: Remove dependency on pv_irq_ops 2018-11-06 21:35:11 +01:00
x86_init.c x86/acpi, x86/boot: Take RSDP address for boot params if available 2018-10-10 10:44:22 +02:00