linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 10/12] ppc64/kexec_file: prepare elfcore header for crashing kernel

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Message-ID: <87365h69bg.fsf@morokweng.localdomain>
Date:   Thu, 23 Jul 2020 21:33:23 -0300
From:   Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Pingfan Liu <piliu@...hat.com>,
        Kexec-ml <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@...e.cz>,
        Mahesh J Salgaonkar <mahesh@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@...ux.ibm.com>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 10/12] ppc64/kexec_file: prepare elfcore header for crashing kernel


Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.ibm.com> writes:

> Prepare elf headers for the crashing kernel's core file using
> crash_prepare_elf64_headers() and pass on this info to kdump
> kernel by updating its command line with elfcorehdr parameter.
> Also, add elfcorehdr location to reserve map to avoid it from
> being stomped on while booting.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.ibm.com>
> Tested-by: Pingfan Liu <piliu@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>

-- 
Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center