With commit f6e6bedb7731 ("powerpc/fadump: Reserve memory at an offset closer to bottom of RAM"), memory for fadump is no longer reserved at the top of RAM. But there are still a few places which say so. Change them appropriately.
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbath...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt | 4 ++-- arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt index 9cabaf8..bdd344a 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt @@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ as follows: boot successfully. For syntax of crashkernel= parameter, refer to Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt. If any offset is provided in crashkernel= parameter, it will be ignored - as fadump reserves memory at end of RAM for boot memory - dump preservation in case of a crash. + as fadump uses a predefined offset to reserve memory + for boot memory dump preservation in case of a crash. -- After the low memory (boot memory) area has been saved, the firmware will reset PCI and other hardware state. It will diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c index c0db844..63c4281 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c @@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ static inline unsigned long fadump_calculate_reserve_size(void) /* * Check if the size is specified through crashkernel= cmdline - * option. If yes, then use that but ignore base as fadump - * reserves memory at end of RAM. + * option. If yes, then use that but ignore base as fadump reserves + * memory at a predefined offset. */ ret = parse_crashkernel(boot_command_line, memblock_phys_mem_size(), &size, &base);