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Series | Add generic support for kdump DT properties | expand |
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:50:58AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi all, > > This patch series adds generic support for parsing DT properties related > to crash dump kernels ("linux,elfcorehdr" and "linux,elfcorehdr" under > the "/chosen" node), makes use of it on arm32, and performs a few > cleanups. It is an evolution of the combination of [1] and [2]. The DT bits look fine to me. How do you expect this to be merged? I'm happy to take it if arch maintainers can ack it. > > The series consists of 6 parts: > 1. Patch 1 prepares architecture-specific code (needed for MIPS only) > to avoid duplicating elf core header reservation later. > 2. Patch 2 prepares the visibility of variables used to hold > information retrieved from the DT properties. > 3. Patches 3-5 add support to the FDT core for handling the > properties. > This can co-exist safely with architecture-specific handling, until > the latter has been removed. Looks like patch 5 doesn't have any dependencies with the series? > 4. Patch 6 removes the non-standard handling of "linux,elfcorehdr" on > riscv. I thought this should be applied for 5.14? > 5. Patches 7-8 convert arm64 to use the generic handling instead of > its own implementation. > 6. Patch 9 adds support for kdump properties to arm32. > The corresponding patch for kexec-tools is "[PATCH] arm: kdump: Add > DT properties to crash dump kernel's DTB"[3], which is still valid. This one can be applied on its own, right? Rob
Hi Rob, On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 5:25 PM Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:50:58AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > This patch series adds generic support for parsing DT properties related > > to crash dump kernels ("linux,elfcorehdr" and "linux,elfcorehdr" under > > the "/chosen" node), makes use of it on arm32, and performs a few > > cleanups. It is an evolution of the combination of [1] and [2]. > > The DT bits look fine to me. How do you expect this to be merged? I'm > happy to take it if arch maintainers can ack it. I had hoped you could take the series... > > The series consists of 6 parts: > > 1. Patch 1 prepares architecture-specific code (needed for MIPS only) > > to avoid duplicating elf core header reservation later. > > 2. Patch 2 prepares the visibility of variables used to hold > > information retrieved from the DT properties. > > 3. Patches 3-5 add support to the FDT core for handling the > > properties. > > This can co-exist safely with architecture-specific handling, until > > the latter has been removed. > > Looks like patch 5 doesn't have any dependencies with the series? Indeed. So you can take it independently. > > 4. Patch 6 removes the non-standard handling of "linux,elfcorehdr" on > > riscv. > > I thought this should be applied for 5.14? Me too, but unfortunately that hasn't happened yet... > > 5. Patches 7-8 convert arm64 to use the generic handling instead of > > its own implementation. > > 6. Patch 9 adds support for kdump properties to arm32. > > The corresponding patch for kexec-tools is "[PATCH] arm: kdump: Add > > DT properties to crash dump kernel's DTB"[3], which is still valid. > > This one can be applied on its own, right? While that wouldn't break anything (i.e. no regression), it still wouldn't work if the DT properties are present, and the now-legacy "mem=" kernel command line parameter is not. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert
On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 5:13 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote: > > Hi Rob, > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 5:25 PM Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:50:58AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > This patch series adds generic support for parsing DT properties related > > > to crash dump kernels ("linux,elfcorehdr" and "linux,elfcorehdr" under > > > the "/chosen" node), makes use of it on arm32, and performs a few > > > cleanups. It is an evolution of the combination of [1] and [2]. > > > > The DT bits look fine to me. How do you expect this to be merged? I'm > > happy to take it if arch maintainers can ack it. > > I had hoped you could take the series... My current thought is I'll take 2-5, 7 and 8 given that's what I have acks for and the others can be applied independently. > > > The series consists of 6 parts: > > > 1. Patch 1 prepares architecture-specific code (needed for MIPS only) > > > to avoid duplicating elf core header reservation later. > > > 2. Patch 2 prepares the visibility of variables used to hold > > > information retrieved from the DT properties. > > > 3. Patches 3-5 add support to the FDT core for handling the > > > properties. > > > This can co-exist safely with architecture-specific handling, until > > > the latter has been removed. > > > > Looks like patch 5 doesn't have any dependencies with the series? > > Indeed. So you can take it independently. > > > > 4. Patch 6 removes the non-standard handling of "linux,elfcorehdr" on > > > riscv. > > > > I thought this should be applied for 5.14? > > Me too, but unfortunately that hasn't happened yet... Buried in the middle of this series is not going to encourage it to be picked up as a fix. Rob
On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 4:52 PM Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 5:13 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 5:25 PM Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:50:58AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > This patch series adds generic support for parsing DT properties related > > > > to crash dump kernels ("linux,elfcorehdr" and "linux,elfcorehdr" under > > > > the "/chosen" node), makes use of it on arm32, and performs a few > > > > cleanups. It is an evolution of the combination of [1] and [2]. > > > > > > The DT bits look fine to me. How do you expect this to be merged? I'm > > > happy to take it if arch maintainers can ack it. > > > > I had hoped you could take the series... > > My current thought is I'll take 2-5, 7 and 8 given that's what I have > acks for and the others can be applied independently. Note that Palmer did ack patch 6, so you can include it. Russell: any thoughts about patch 9? Thanks! > > > > The series consists of 6 parts: > > > > 1. Patch 1 prepares architecture-specific code (needed for MIPS only) > > > > to avoid duplicating elf core header reservation later. > > > > 2. Patch 2 prepares the visibility of variables used to hold > > > > information retrieved from the DT properties. > > > > 3. Patches 3-5 add support to the FDT core for handling the > > > > properties. > > > > This can co-exist safely with architecture-specific handling, until > > > > the latter has been removed. > > > > > > Looks like patch 5 doesn't have any dependencies with the series? > > > > Indeed. So you can take it independently. > > > > > > 4. Patch 6 removes the non-standard handling of "linux,elfcorehdr" on > > > > riscv. > > > > > > I thought this should be applied for 5.14? > > > > Me too, but unfortunately that hasn't happened yet... > > Buried in the middle of this series is not going to encourage it to be > picked up as a fix. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert
On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 6:55 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 4:52 PM Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 5:13 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 5:25 PM Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:50:58AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > > This patch series adds generic support for parsing DT properties related > > > > > to crash dump kernels ("linux,elfcorehdr" and "linux,elfcorehdr" under > > > > > the "/chosen" node), makes use of it on arm32, and performs a few > > > > > cleanups. It is an evolution of the combination of [1] and [2]. > > > > > > > > The DT bits look fine to me. How do you expect this to be merged? I'm > > > > happy to take it if arch maintainers can ack it. > > > > > > I had hoped you could take the series... > > > > My current thought is I'll take 2-5, 7 and 8 given that's what I have > > acks for and the others can be applied independently. > > Note that Palmer did ack patch 6, so you can include it. Right, but Palmer should have taken it if it's for 5.14. Anyways, I've now applied patches 2-8. If we want to improve the handling over what arm64 code did as discussed, I think that's a separate patch anyways. Rob