Public bug reported:

Problem description :
======================

Triggered FADump with the recommended crash. L1 host got hung.

As per the public document
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ppc64el/Recommendations recommended crash kernel
size is 1024M for the system. But with 1024M and 2048M, the L1 is
getting hanged. with 4096, crash is generated and collected.


root@ubuntu2404:~# uname -ar
Linux ubuntu2404 6.8.0-11-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 14 00:33:03 UTC 2024 
ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux


root@ubuntu2404:~# free -h
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            48Gi       1.7Gi        46Gi        13Mi       687Mi        46Gi
Swap:          8.0Gi          0B       8.0Gi


root@ubuntu2404:~# cat /proc/cmdline 
BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinux-6.8.0-11-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv ro 
fadump=on crashkernel=1024M


root@ubuntu2404:~# dmesg | grep -i reser
[    0.000000] fadump: Reserved 1024MB of memory at 0x00000040000000 (System 
RAM: 51200MB)
[    0.000000] fadump: Initialized 0x40000000 bytes cma area at 1024MB from 
0x40070000 bytes of memory reserved for firmware-assisted dump
[    0.000000] Memory: 49316672K/52428800K available (23616K kernel code, 4096K 
rwdata, 25536K rodata, 8832K init, 2487K bss, 2063552K reserved, 1048576K 
cma-reserved)
[    0.396408] ibmvscsi 30000066: Client reserve enabled


root@ubuntu2404:~# kdump-config show
DUMP_MODE:              fadump
USE_KDUMP:              1
KDUMP_COREDIR:          /var/crash
   /var/lib/kdump/vmlinuz
kdump initrd: 
   /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img
current state:    ready to fadump

IBM is looking to update the crash kernel reservations section of the
wiki for Power.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Ubuntu on IBM Power Systems Bug Triage (ubuntu-power-triage)
         Status: New


** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-205921 severity-high 
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** Tags added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-205921 severity-high
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  [Ubuntu-24.04] FADump with recommended crash size is making the L1
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