linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2 v3] kdump: add the vmcoreinfo documentation

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Date:   Wed, 26 Dec 2018 11:24:33 +0800
From:   Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
To:     lijiang <lijiang@...hat.com>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, bhe@...hat.com,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v3] kdump: add the vmcoreinfo documentation

> >> +
> >> +KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE
> >> +=================
> >> +The size of 'KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE', currently unused.
> > 
> > So remove?
> > 
> 
> I'm not sure whether it should be removed, so i keep it.

Just remove it.  It was added by Baoquan for KASLR issues, later
makedumpfile reverted the userspace part and added other implementation.

In case old makedumpfile does not support new kernel, it has some kernel
versions support list in code, thus no worry about the compatibility
issue.

Thanks
Dave