linux-kernel - [PATCH] [27/48] i386: Allow i386 crash kernels to handle x86

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Date:	Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:53:16 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...source.com>,
	Horms <horms@...ge.net.au>, Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, patches@...-64.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] [27/48] i386: Allow i386 crash kernels to handle x86_64 dumps


From: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...source.com>

The specific case I am encountering is kdump under Xen with a 64 bit
hypervisor and 32 bit kernel/userspace.  The dump created is 64 bit due to
the hypervisor but the dump kernel is 32 bit for maximum compatibility.

It's possibly less likely to be useful in a purely native scenario but I
see no reason to disallow it.

[akpm@...ux-foundation.org: build fix]
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...source.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...ibm.com>
Cc: Horms <horms@...ge.net.au>
Cc: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---

 fs/proc/vmcore.c           |    2 +-
 include/asm-i386/kexec.h   |    3 +++
 include/linux/crash_dump.h |    8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux/fs/proc/vmcore.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/fs/proc/vmcore.c
+++ linux/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ static int __init parse_crash_elf64_head
 	/* Do some basic Verification. */
 	if (memcmp(ehdr.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) != 0 ||
 		(ehdr.e_type != ET_CORE) ||
-		!elf_check_arch(&ehdr) ||
+		!vmcore_elf_check_arch(&ehdr) ||
 		ehdr.e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASS64 ||
 		ehdr.e_ident[EI_VERSION] != EV_CURRENT ||
 		ehdr.e_version != EV_CURRENT ||
Index: linux/include/asm-i386/kexec.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/asm-i386/kexec.h
+++ linux/include/asm-i386/kexec.h
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
 /* The native architecture */
 #define KEXEC_ARCH KEXEC_ARCH_386
 
+/* We can also handle crash dumps from 64 bit kernel. */
+#define vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross(x) ((x)->e_machine == EM_X86_64)
+
 #define MAX_NOTE_BYTES 1024
 
 /* CPU does not save ss and esp on stack if execution is already
Index: linux/include/linux/crash_dump.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/linux/crash_dump.h
+++ linux/include/linux/crash_dump.h
@@ -14,5 +14,13 @@ extern ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned
 extern const struct file_operations proc_vmcore_operations;
 extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_vmcore;
 
+/* Architecture code defines this if there are other possible ELF
+ * machine types, e.g. on bi-arch capable hardware. */
+#ifndef vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross
+#define vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross(x) 0
+#endif
+
+#define vmcore_elf_check_arch(x) (elf_check_arch(x) || vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross(x))
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP */
 #endif /* LINUX_CRASHDUMP_H */
-
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