[PATCH 2/2] fadump: Disable deferred page struct initialisation

Srikar Dronamraju srikar at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Aug 2 23:19:07 AEST 2016


Fadump kernel reserves significant number of memory blocks. On a multi-node
machine, with CONFIG_DEFFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE support, fadump kernel fails to
boot. Fix this by disabling deferred page struct initialisation.

Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index 3cb3b02a..117faf2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ int __init fadump_reserve_mem(void)
 				be64_to_cpu(fdm_active->rmr_region.source_len);
 		pr_debug("fadumphdr_addr = %p\n",
 				(void *) fw_dump.fadumphdr_addr);
+		disable_deferred_meminit();
 	} else {
 		/* Reserve the memory at the top of memory. */
 		size = get_fadump_area_size();
-- 
1.8.5.6



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