On 07/27/15 at 11:31am, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >>  #else
> >>  static void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
> 
> No, you can not move the calling position for reserve_crashkernel_low().
> 
> old sequence:
> 
> memblock_find_in_range  for high
> memblock_reserve for high
> memblock_find_in_range  for low
> memblock_reserve for low
> 
> now you change to:
> memblock_find_in_range  for high
> memblock_find_in_range  for low
> memblock_reserve for low
> memblock_reserve for high
> 
> during memblock_reserve, we would double the memblock reserve array.
> So there is possibility that new membock reserve array is overlapped with
> range for  crashdump high.
> 
> so you should keep the old sequence, and if reserve_crashkernel_low fail,
> just call memblock_free to free high range that is reserved before.

Right, memblock_double_array need avoid the required region. Will
repost.

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Yinghai
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