linux-kernel - Re: regression: 9a56493f6942 "uts: Use generic ns

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Message-ID: <87im83u1t6.fsf@oc8242746057.ibm.com>
Date:   Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:53:57 +0100
From:   Alexander Egorenkov <egorenar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
Subject: Re: regression: 9a56493f6942 "uts: Use generic ns_common::count"
 broke makedumpfile 1.6.7

Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com> writes:

> Hi, Alexander,
>
> On 16.12.2020 14:02, Mike Galbraith wrote:
>> Greetings,
>> 
>> With this commit, bisected and confirmed, kdump stops working here,
>> makedumpfile saying "check_release: Can't get the kernel version".
>
> hasn't your commit 55d9e11398a4 "kdump: append uts_namespace.name offset to VMCOREINFO"
> fixed this issue?
>
> What problem with offset we meet here in case of uts_namespace is even marked with __randomize_layout?
>
> Kirill

Hi Kirill,

the makedumpfile fix has been applied on Dec 17 2020.
makedumpfile complains about linux kernel version with newer ones but it should still work.

Regards
Alex