linux-kernel - Re: [RFC Patch 0/6] slimdump: Enable slimdump if crashing kernel memory is not required

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Message-ID: <20110526173156.GC18295@in.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 May 2011 23:01:56 +0530
From:	"K.Prasad" <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, anderson@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC Patch 0/6] slimdump: Enable slimdump if crashing kernel
 memory is not required

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:37:22PM +0530, K.Prasad wrote:
> Hi All,

A small correction related to patch description...

> 
> Summary of the patches
> ----
> Patch 1, 2 - Patches from Andi Kleen's tree
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-mce-2.6.git which
> introduce an enhanced panic function - xpanic().
> 

Patch 3 - A small bugfix for patch 1,2

Patch 4 - Introduces a new PANIC_MCE flag to signal the need for slimdump
for MCE initiated panic calls. Appends a new elf-note inside coredump
containing MCE related registers.

Thanks,
K.Prasad

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