linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] crash: move crashkernel parsing and vmcore related code under CONFIG_CRASH

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Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2016 15:47:14 +0530
From:   Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc:     fenghua.yu@...el.com, tony.luck@...el.com,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, dyoung@...hat.com,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ebiederm@...ssion.com, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        vgoyal@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] crash: move crashkernel parsing and vmcore related
 code under CONFIG_CRASH_CORE



On Monday 14 November 2016 11:06 AM, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 11/10/16 at 05:27pm, Hari Bathini wrote:
>> Traditionally, kdump is used to save vmcore in case of a crash. Some
>> architectures like powerpc can save vmcore using architecture specific
>> support instead of kexec/kdump mechanism. Such architecture specific
>> support also needs to reserve memory, to be used by dump capture kernel.
>> crashkernel parameter can be a reused, for memory reservation, by such
>> architecture specific infrastructure.
>>
>> But currently, code related to vmcoreinfo and parsing of crashkernel
>> parameter is built under CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE. This patch introduces
>> CONFIG_CRASH_CORE and moves the above mentioned code under this config,
>> allowing code reuse without dependency on CONFIG_KEXEC. While here,
>> removing the multiple definitions of append_elf_note() and final_note()
>> for one defined under CONFIG_CONFIG_CORE. There is no functional change
>> with this patch.
> Can't think of a reason to object.
>
> Could it be that do the moving from kexec_core.c to crash_core.c only,
> then do the arch specific clean up in another patch?

Right. Will move arch specific code into a separate patch, on the
next version..

> Besides there's already a file crash_dump.h, can we reuse that?

Did think about it. But as it is meant for dump capture kernel
(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP) and CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE being
independent, didn't pursue it..

Thanks
Hari