* Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:22:58 +0200
>
> This is the generic part of the patch. It adds a parse_crashkernel() function
> in kernel/kexec.c that is called by the architecture specific code that
> actually reserves the memory. That function takes the whole command line and
> looks itself for "crashkernel=" in it.
[]
> +++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
> @@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ extern u32 vmcoreinfo_note[VMCOREINFO_NO
>  extern size_t vmcoreinfo_size;
>  extern size_t vmcoreinfo_max_size;
>  
> +int __init parse_crashkernel(char *cmdline, unsigned long long system_ram,
> +             unsigned long long *crash_size, unsigned long long *crash_base);

I still want to point out my consernes about `unsigned long long long'
bloat.

>  #else /* !CONFIG_KEXEC */
>  struct pt_regs;
> --- a/kernel/kexec.c
> +++ b/kernel/kexec.c
[]
> +/*
> + * This function parses command lines in the format
> + *
> + *   crashkernel=<ramsize-range>:<size>[,...][@<base>]

#v+
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ grep '@offset' <extended-crashkernel-cmdline.mbox
    crashkernel=<range1>:<size1>[,<range2>:<size2>,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-       /* [EMAIL PROTECTED] specifies the size to reserve for a crash
+While the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" syntax is sufficient for most
+    crashkernel=<range1>:<size1>[,<range2>:<size2>,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+       crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ grep '@base' <extended-crashkernel-cmdline.mbox
+ *     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ grep '@<base' <extended-crashkernel-cmdline.mbox
+ *   crashkernel=<ramsize-range>:<size>[,...][@<base>]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ grep '@<offset' <extended-crashkernel-cmdline.mbox
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$
#v-

> + *
> + * The function returns 0 on success and -EINVAL on failure.
> + */
> +static int __init parse_crashkernel_mem(char                         
> *cmdline,
> +                                     unsigned long long      system_ram,
> +                                     unsigned long long      *crash_size,
> +                                     unsigned long long      *crash_base)
> +{
> +     char *cur = cmdline;
> +
> +     /* for each entry of the comma-separated list */
> +     do {
> +             unsigned long long start = 0, end = ULLONG_MAX;
> +             unsigned long long size = -1;

memparse(), as a wrapper for somple_strtoll(), always have a return value
(zero by default).
<http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/583426>

Consider coded error path now, please.

And why not to make overall result reliable? This is kernel after all.

I.e. if there's valid `crashkernel=' option, but some parsing errors, why
not to apply some heuristics with warning in syslog, if user have some
conf, bootloader (random) errors, but feature still works?

> +
> +             /* get the start of the range */
> +             start = memparse(cur, &cur);
> +             if (*cur != '-') {
> +                     printk(KERN_WARNING "crashkernel: '-' expected\n");
> +                     return -EINVAL;
> +             }
> +             cur++;
> +
> +             /* if no ':' is here, than we read the end */
> +             if (*cur != ':') {
> +                     end = memparse(cur, &cur);
> +                     if (end <= start) {
> +                             printk(KERN_WARNING "crashkernel: end <= 
> start\n");
> +                             return -EINVAL;
> +                     }
> +             }
> +
> +             if (*cur != ':') {
> +                     printk(KERN_WARNING "crashkernel: ':' expected\n");
> +                     return -EINVAL;
> +             }
> +             cur++;
> +
> +             size = memparse(cur, &cur);
> +             if (size < 0) {
> +                     printk(KERN_WARNING "crashkernel: invalid size\n");
> +                     return -EINVAL;
> +             }
> +
> +             /* match ? */
> +             if (system_ram >= start  && system_ram <= end) {
> +                     *crash_size = size;
> +                     break;
> +             }
> +     } while (*cur++ == ',');
> +
> +     if (*crash_size > 0) {
> +             while (*cur != ' ' && *cur != '@')
> +                     cur++;
> +             if (*cur == '@')
> +                     *crash_base = memparse(cur+1, &cur);
> +     }
> +
> +     return 0;
> +}
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