[PATCH v2] powerpc/fadump: reset dump area size if fadump memory reserve fails

[Michael Ellerman]

Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain at linux.ibm.com> writes:
> Hello Michael,
>
> Are there any reviews or comments on this fix?

No, looks fine. Will pick it up for 6.6.

cheers

> On 04/07/23 10:37, Sourabh Jain wrote:
>> In case fadump_reserve_mem() fails to reserve memory, the
>> reserve_dump_area_size variable will retain the reserve area size. This
>> will lead to /sys/kernel/fadump/mem_reserved node displaying an incorrect
>> memory reserved by fadump.
>>
>> To fix this problem, reserve dump area size variable is set to 0 if fadump
>> failed to reserve memory.
>>
>> Fixes: 8255da95e545 ("powerpc/fadump: release all the memory above boot memory size")
>> Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain at linux.ibm.com>
>> Acked-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh at linux.ibm.com>
>> ---
>> Chnages form V1:
>> * Reset the dump area size within the error_out path to cover more
>>    failure cases. Furthermore, the commit description has been modified
>>    accordingly.
>> ---
>>   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 f3166acab09b..5a07d0f9c7f0 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
>> @@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ int __init fadump_reserve_mem(void)
>>   	return ret;
>>   error_out:
>>   	fw_dump.fadump_enabled = 0;
>> +	fw_dump.reserve_dump_area_size = 0;
>>   	return 0;
>>   }
>>