[PATCH] kexec memory ranges dynamic allocation

Maxim Uvarov muvarov at gmail.com
Fri Oct 31 17:53:23 EST 2008


2008/10/31 Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au>

> Hi,
>
> Could someone please comment on the satus of this patch?
>
Hello,  Simon

I can not reproduce  error which you wrote before on my target. So it is a
little bit
difficult to say what  was wrong exactly.

>
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 12:46:24PM +0400, Maxim Uvarov wrote:
> > Patch corrected. ( git_kexec_powerpc_v2.patch is attached.)
> >
> > I tested it on ppc64 pasemi electra board. Both kexec -l and kexec -p
> works.
> >
> > Maxim.
> >
> >
> >
> > 2008/10/15 Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au>
> >
> > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 07:11:19PM +0400, Maxim Uvarov wrote:
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > As you all know it is not easy to count exact value of memory ranges
> from
> > > > device tree on powerpc.
> > > > It very depends on how dts file was written. What do you think about
> > > really
> > > > dynamic allocation buffers
> > > > for this buffers?
> > >
> > > Conceptually I have no objections to the change,
> > > though I would like to get some review from ppc people.
> > > (linuxppc-dev at ozlabs.org CCed)
> > >
> > > > Patch is attached.
> > >
> > > This patch doesn't seem to compile for me.
> > >
> > > # powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc --version
> > > powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc (GCC) 4.1.1
> > > Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
> NO
> > > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
> PURPOSE.
> > >
> > > #make
> > > [snip]
> > > kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-ppc64.c:100: warning: function declaration isn't
> a
> > > prototype
> > > kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-ppc64.c: In function 'realloc_memory_ranges':
> > > kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-ppc64.c:107: warning: passing argument 1 of
> > > 'realloc' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> > > kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-ppc64.c:107: error: too few arguments to
> function
> > > 'realloc'
> > > kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-ppc64.c:102: warning: unused variable 'tmp'
> > >
> > > --
> > > Simon Horman
> > >  VA Linux Systems Japan K.K., Sydney, Australia Satellite Office
> > >  H: www.vergenet.net/~horms/ <http://www.vergenet.net/%7Ehorms/> <
> http://www.vergenet.net/%7Ehorms/>
> > >   W: www.valinux.co.jp/en
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > Maxim Uvarov
>
> > diff --git a/kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-ppc64.c
> b/kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-ppc64.c
> > index 069a9fc..0ad40fa 100644
> > --- a/kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-ppc64.c
> > +++ b/kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-ppc64.c
> > @@ -96,96 +96,46 @@ err1:
> >
> >  }
> >
> > -static int count_dyn_reconf_memory_ranges(void)
> > +static int realloc_memory_ranges()
> >  {
> > -     char device_tree[] = "/proc/device-tree/";
> > -     char fname[128];
> > -     char buf[32];
> > -     FILE *file;
> > -
> > -     strcpy(fname, device_tree);
> > -     strcat(fname, "ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory/ibm,lmb-size");
> > -     if ((file = fopen(fname, "r")) == NULL) {
> > -             perror(fname);
> > -             return -1;
> > -     }
> > +     size_t memory_range_len;
> >
> > -     if (fread(buf, 1, 8, file) < 0) {
> > -             perror(fname);
> > -             fclose(file);
> > -             return -1;
> > -     }
> > -
> > -     lmb_size = ((uint64_t *)buf)[0];
> > -     fclose(file);
> > +     max_memory_ranges++;
> > +     memory_range_len = sizeof(struct memory_range) * max_memory_ranges;
> >
> > -     /* Get number of lmbs from ibm,dynamic-memory */
> > -     strcpy(fname, device_tree);
> > -     strcat(fname,
> "ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory/ibm,dynamic-memory");
> > -     if ((file = fopen(fname, "r")) == NULL) {
> > -             perror(fname);
> > -             return -1;
> > -     }
> > -     /*
> > -      * first 4 bytes provide number of entries(lmbs)
> > -      */
> > -     if (fread(buf, 1, 4, file) < 0) {
> > -             perror(fname);
> > -             fclose(file);
> > -             return -1;
> > -     }
> > -     num_of_lmbs = ((unsigned int *)buf)[0];
> > -     max_memory_ranges += num_of_lmbs;
> > -     fclose(file);
> > +     memory_range = (struct memory_range *) realloc(memory_range,
> memory_range_len);
> > +     if (!memory_range)
> > +             goto err;
> >
> > -     return 0;
> > -}
> > +     base_memory_range = (struct memory_range *) realloc(memory_range,
> memory_range_len);
> > +     if (!base_memory_range)
> > +             goto err;
> >
> > -/*
> > - * Count the memory nodes under /proc/device-tree and populate the
> > - * max_memory_ranges variable. This variable replaces MAX_MEMORY_RANGES
> > - * macro used earlier.
> > - */
> > -static int count_memory_ranges(void)
> > -{
> > -     char device_tree[256] = "/proc/device-tree/";
> > -     struct dirent *dentry;
> > -     DIR *dir;
> > +     exclude_range = (struct memory_range *) realloc(exclude_range,
> memory_range_len);
> > +     if (!exclude_range)
> > +             goto err;
> >
> > -     if ((dir = opendir(device_tree)) == NULL) {
> > -             perror(device_tree);
> > -             return -1;
> > -     }
> > +     usablemem_rgns.ranges = (struct memory_range *)
> > +                             realloc(usablemem_rgns.ranges,
> memory_range_len);
> > +     if (!(usablemem_rgns.ranges))
> > +             goto err;
> >
> > -     while ((dentry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
> > -             if (!strncmp(dentry->d_name,
> > -                             "ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory", 35)){
> > -                     if (count_dyn_reconf_memory_ranges() != 0)
> > -                             return -1;
> > -                     continue;
> > -             }
> > +     return 0;
> >
> > -             if (strncmp(dentry->d_name, "memory@", 7) &&
> > -                     strcmp(dentry->d_name, "memory") &&
> > -                     strncmp(dentry->d_name, "pci@", 4))
> > -                     continue;
> > -             max_memory_ranges++;
> > -     }
> > -     /* need to add extra region for retained initrd */
> > -     if (reuse_initrd) {
> > -             max_memory_ranges++;
> > -     }
> > +err:
> > +     fprintf(stderr, "memory range structure re-allocation failure\n");
> > +     return -1;
> > +}
> >
> > -     closedir(dir);
> >
> > -     return 0;
> > -}
> >  static void add_base_memory_range(uint64_t start, uint64_t end)
> >  {
> >       base_memory_range[nr_memory_ranges].start = start;
> >       base_memory_range[nr_memory_ranges].end  = end;
> >       base_memory_range[nr_memory_ranges].type = RANGE_RAM;
> >       nr_memory_ranges++;
> > +     if (nr_memory_ranges >= max_memory_ranges)
> > +             realloc_memory_ranges();
> >
> >       dbgprintf("%016llx-%016llx : %x\n",
> >               base_memory_range[nr_memory_ranges-1].start,
> > @@ -300,8 +250,8 @@ static int get_base_ranges(void)
> >                               return -1;
> >                       }
> >                       if (nr_memory_ranges >= max_memory_ranges) {
> > -                             fclose(file);
> > -                             break;
> > +                             if (realloc_memory_ranges() < 0)
> > +                                     break;
> >                       }
> >                       start = ((uint64_t *)buf)[0];
> >                       end = start + ((uint64_t *)buf)[1];
> > @@ -396,6 +346,8 @@ static int get_devtree_details(unsigned long
> kexec_flags)
> >                       exclude_range[i].start = 0x0UL;
> >                       exclude_range[i].end = kernel_end;
> >                       i++;
> > +                     if (i >= max_memory_ranges)
> > +                             realloc_memory_ranges();
> >
> >                       if (kexec_flags & KEXEC_ON_CRASH) {
> >                               memset(fname, 0, sizeof(fname));
> > @@ -470,6 +422,8 @@ static int get_devtree_details(unsigned long
> kexec_flags)
> >                       exclude_range[i].start = htab_base;
> >                       exclude_range[i].end = htab_base + htab_size;
> >                       i++;
> > +                     if (i >= max_memory_ranges)
> > +                             realloc_memory_ranges();
> >
> >                       /* reserve the initrd_start and end locations. */
> >                       if (reuse_initrd) {
> > @@ -545,6 +499,8 @@ static int get_devtree_details(unsigned long
> kexec_flags)
> >                       exclude_range[i].start = rtas_base;
> >                       exclude_range[i].end = rtas_base + rtas_size;
> >                       i++;
> > +                     if (i >= max_memory_ranges)
> > +                             realloc_memory_ranges();
> >                       if (kexec_flags & KEXEC_ON_CRASH)
> >                               add_usable_mem_rgns(rtas_base, rtas_size);
> >               } /* rtas */
> > @@ -740,9 +696,10 @@ out:
> >  /* Return a list of valid memory ranges */
> >  int get_memory_ranges(struct memory_range **range, int *ranges,
> >                       unsigned long kexec_flags)
> > -{
> > -     if (count_memory_ranges())
> > -             return -1;
> > +{
> > +        /* allocate memory_range dynamically */
> > +        max_memory_ranges = 1;
> > +
> >       if (alloc_memory_ranges())
> >               return -1;
> >       if (setup_memory_ranges(kexec_flags))
>
>
> --
> Simon Horman
>  VA Linux Systems Japan K.K., Sydney, Australia Satellite Office
>  H: www.vergenet.net/~horms/ <http://www.vergenet.net/%7Ehorms/>
>   W: www.valinux.co.jp/en
>
>


-- 
Best regards,
Maxim Uvarov
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