From: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org,
x86@kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
joe@perches.com, nathan@kernel.org, conor@kernel.org
Subject: Re: kexec verbose dumps with 6.8 [was: [PATCH v4 1/7] kexec_file: add kexec_file flag to control debug printing]
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:10:34 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZfFRaoOIgQQY46zD@MiWiFi-R3L-srv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2f8b1b2d-0abb-43f0-8665-0855928f017c@kernel.org>
On 03/13/24 at 06:58am, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> On 13. 03. 24, 1:48, Baoquan He wrote:
> > Hi Jiri,
> >
> > On 03/12/24 at 10:58am, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > > On 13. 12. 23, 6:57, Baoquan He wrote:
> > ... snip...
> > > > --- a/include/linux/kexec.h
> > > > +++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
> > > ...
> > > > @@ -500,6 +500,13 @@ static inline int crash_hotplug_memory_support(void) { return 0; }
> > > > static inline unsigned int crash_get_elfcorehdr_size(void) { return 0; }
> > > > #endif
> > > > +extern bool kexec_file_dbg_print;
> > > > +
> > > > +#define kexec_dprintk(fmt, ...) \
> > > > + printk("%s" fmt, \
> > > > + kexec_file_dbg_print ? KERN_INFO : KERN_DEBUG, \
> > > > + ##__VA_ARGS__)
> > >
> > > This means you dump it _always_. Only with different levels.
> >
> > It dumped always too with pr_debug() before, I just add a switch to
> > control it's pr_info() or pr_debug().
>
> Not really, see below.
>
> > >
> > > And without any prefix whatsoever, so people see bloat like this in their
> > > log now:
> > > [ +0.000001] 0000000000001000-000000000009ffff (1)
> > > [ +0.000002] 000000007f96d000-000000007f97efff (3)
> > > [ +0.000002] 0000000000800000-0000000000807fff (4)
> > > [ +0.000001] 000000000080b000-000000000080bfff (4)
> > > [ +0.000002] 0000000000810000-00000000008fffff (4)
> > > [ +0.000001] 000000007f97f000-000000007f9fefff (4)
> > > [ +0.000001] 000000007ff00000-000000007fffffff (4)
> > > [ +0.000002] 0000000000000000-0000000000000fff (2)
> >
> > On which arch are you seeing this? There should be one line above these
> > range printing to tell what they are, like:
> >
> > E820 memmap:
>
> Ah this is there too. It's a lot of output, so I took it out of context,
> apparently.
>
> > 0000000000000000-000000000009a3ff (1)
> > 000000000009a400-000000000009ffff (2)
> > 00000000000e0000-00000000000fffff (2)
> > 0000000000100000-000000006ff83fff (1)
> > 000000006ff84000-000000007ac50fff (2)
>
> It should all be prefixed like kdump: or kexec: in any way.
I can reproduce it now on fedora. OK, I will add kexec or something
similar to prefix. Thanks.
>
> > > without actually knowing what that is.
> > >
> > > There should be nothing logged if that is not asked for and especially if
> > > kexec load went fine, right?
> >
> > Right. Before this patch, those pr_debug() were already there. You need
> > enable them to print out like add '#define DEBUG' in *.c file, or enable
> > the dynamic debugging of the file or function.
>
> I think it's perfectly fine for DEBUG builds to print this out. And many
> (all major?) distros use dyndbg, so it used to print nothing by default.
>
> > With this patch applied,
> > you only need specify '-d' when you execute kexec command with
> > kexec_file load interface, like:
> >
> > kexec -s -l -d /boot/vmlinuz-xxxx.img --initrd xxx.img --reuse-cmdline
>
> Perhaps our (SUSE) tooling passes -d? But I am seeing this every time I
> boot.
>
> No, it does not seem so:
> load.sh[915]: Starting kdump kernel load; kexec cmdline: /sbin/kexec -p
> /var/lib/kdump/kernel --append=" loglevel=7 console=tty0 console=ttyS0
> video=1920x1080,1024x768,800x600 oops=panic
> lsm=lockdown,capability,integrity,selinux sysrq=yes reset_devices
> acpi_no_memhotplug cgroup_disable=memory nokaslr numa=off irqpoll nr_cpus=1
> root=kdump rootflags=bind rd.udev.children-max=8 disable_cpu_apicid=0
> panic=1" --initrd=/var/lib/kdump/initrd -a
>
> > For kexec_file load, it is not logging if not specifying '-d', unless
> > you take way to make pr_debug() work in that file.
>
> So is -d detection malfunctioning under some circumstances?
>
> > > Can this be redesigned, please?
> >
> > Sure, after making clear what's going on with this, I will try.
> >
> > >
> > > Actually what was wrong on the pr_debug()s? Can you simply turn them on from
> > > the kernel when -d is passed to kexec instead of all this?
> >
> > Joe suggested this during v1 reviewing:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/1e7863ec4e4ab10b84fd0e64f30f8464d2e484a3.camel@perches.com/T/#u
> >
> > >
> > > ...
> > > > --- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
> > > > +++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
> > > > @@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ atomic_t __kexec_lock = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
> > > > /* Flag to indicate we are going to kexec a new kernel */
> > > > bool kexec_in_progress = false;
> > > > +bool kexec_file_dbg_print;
> > >
> > > Ugh, and a global flag for this?
> >
> > Yeah, kexec_file_dbg_print records if '-d' is specified when 'kexec'
> > command executed. Anything wrong with the global flag?
>
> Global variables are frowned upon. To cite coding style: unless you
> **really** need them. Here, it looks like you do not.
I see your point, will consider and change. Thanks again.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-13 7:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-13 5:57 [PATCH v4 0/7] kexec_file: print out debugging message if required Baoquan He
2023-12-13 5:57 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] kexec_file: add kexec_file flag to control debug printing Baoquan He
2024-03-12 9:58 ` kexec verbose dumps with 6.8 [was: [PATCH v4 1/7] kexec_file: add kexec_file flag to control debug printing] Jiri Slaby
2024-03-13 0:48 ` Baoquan He
2024-03-13 5:58 ` Jiri Slaby
2024-03-13 7:10 ` Baoquan He [this message]
2023-12-13 5:57 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] kexec_file: print out debugging message if required Baoquan He
2023-12-13 5:57 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] kexec_file, x86: " Baoquan He
2023-12-13 5:57 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] kexec_file, arm64: " Baoquan He
2023-12-13 5:57 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] kexec_file, ricv: " Baoquan He
2023-12-19 14:44 ` Conor Dooley
2023-12-20 4:22 ` Baoquan He
2023-12-20 15:46 ` Andrew Morton
2023-12-20 23:30 ` Baoquan He
2023-12-13 5:57 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] kexec_file, power: " Baoquan He
2023-12-13 5:57 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] kexec_file, parisc: " Baoquan He
2024-01-20 21:09 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] kexec_file: " patchwork-bot+linux-riscv
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