[Bug 1851190] Re: Ubuntu 18.04: kexec-tool shows "kexec: elfcorehdr doesn't fit cells-size" if crashkernel reserved beyond 4GB

[dann frazier]

** Description changed:

- Kexec tool throws following errors if crashkernel is reserved beyond 4GB
- of system memory.
+ [Impact]
+ On arm64, kexec throws following errors if crashkernel is reserved beyond 4GB of system memory.
  
- bootargs:  crashkernel=1G at 4G
+ [Test Case]
+ Create an arm64 guest w/ say 6GiB of memory.
+ Add crashkernel=1G at 4G to kernel boot args
  
- Ubuntu
  $ kexec -p /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r` --initrd=/boot/initrd.img-`uname
  -r` --reuse-cmdline
  $ kexec: elfcorehdr doesn't fit cells-size.
  $ kexec: setup_2nd_dtb failed.
  $ kexec: load failed.
  $ Cannot load /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-rc4+
  
- It looks to be grub issue. Refer discussion:
- https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/topic/39480086#49583
+ [Fix]
+ Backport the following upstream commits:
+ 347210a5d efi/fdt: Set address/size cells to 2 for empty tree
+ e93fd6b77 fdt: Move prop_entry_size to fdt.h
+ 
+ [Regression Risk]
+ Changes are restricted to efi/fdt code in GRUB, so regressions would be most likely on ARM platforms, specifically those that boot using ACPI (mostly servers).

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Title:
  Ubuntu 18.04: kexec-tool shows "kexec: elfcorehdr doesn't fit cells-
  size" if crashkernel reserved beyond 4GB

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in grub2 source package in Bionic:
  In Progress
Status in grub2 source package in Disco:
  Fix Released
Status in grub2 source package in Eoan:
  Fix Released
Status in grub2 source package in Focal:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  On arm64, kexec throws following errors if crashkernel is reserved beyond 4GB of system memory.

  [Test Case]
  Create an arm64 guest w/ say 6GiB of memory.
  Add crashkernel=1G at 4G to kernel boot args

  $ kexec -p /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r` --initrd=/boot/initrd.img-`uname
  -r` --reuse-cmdline
  $ kexec: elfcorehdr doesn't fit cells-size.
  $ kexec: setup_2nd_dtb failed.
  $ kexec: load failed.
  $ Cannot load /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-rc4+

  [Fix]
  Backport the following upstream commits:
  347210a5d efi/fdt: Set address/size cells to 2 for empty tree
  e93fd6b77 fdt: Move prop_entry_size to fdt.h

  [Regression Risk]
  Changes are restricted to efi/fdt code in GRUB, so regressions would be most likely on ARM platforms, specifically those that boot using ACPI (mostly servers).

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