linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: Define elfcorehdr

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Message-ID: <20080731152926.GA20909@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:29:26 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	Chandru <chandru@...ibm.com>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Terry Loftin <terry.loftin@...com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: Define elfcorehdr_addr in arch dependent
	section


* Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com> wrote:

> o Move elfcorehdr_addr definition in arch dependent crash dump file. This is
>   equivalent to defining elfcorehdr_addr under CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP instead of
>   CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE. This is needed by is_kdump_kernel() which can be
>   used irrespective of the fact whether CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE is enabled or
>   not.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
> ---
> 
>  arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_32.c |    3 +++
>  arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c |    3 +++
>  arch/x86/kernel/setup.c         |    8 +++++++-
>  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

the x86 bits look fine to me.

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

	Ingo
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