linux-kernel - [PATCH] crash_core, vmcoreinfo: Append 'SECTION_SIZE

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Date:   Tue,  8 Jun 2021 06:33:59 -0400
From:   Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@...il.com>
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Cc:     Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@...il.com>,
        Bhupesh Sharma <bhupesh.sharma@...aro.org>,
        Kazuhito Hagio <k-hagio@...jp.nec.com>,
        Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
        Boris Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Dave Anderson <anderson@...hat.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] crash_core, vmcoreinfo: Append 'SECTION_SIZE_BITS' to vmcoreinfo

As mentioned in kernel commit 1d50e5d0c505 ("crash_core, vmcoreinfo:
Append 'MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS' to vmcoreinfo"), SECTION_SIZE_BITS in the
formula:
    #define SECTIONS_SHIFT    (MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS - SECTION_SIZE_BITS)

Besides SECTIONS_SHIFT, SECTION_SIZE_BITS is also used to calculate
PAGES_PER_SECTION in makedumpfile just like kernel.

Unfortunately, this arch-dependent macro SECTION_SIZE_BITS changes, e.g.
recently in kernel commit f0b13ee23241 ("arm64/sparsemem: reduce
SECTION_SIZE_BITS"). But user space wants a stable interface to get this
info. Such info is impossible to be deduced from a crashdump vmcore.
Hence append SECTION_SIZE_BITS to vmcoreinfo.

Signed-off-by: Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@...il.com>
Cc: Bhupesh Sharma <bhupesh.sharma@...aro.org>
Cc: Kazuhito Hagio <k-hagio@...jp.nec.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc: Boris Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc: Dave Anderson <anderson@...hat.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: kexec@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
---
 kernel/crash_core.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
index 825284baaf46..684a6061a13a 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ static int __init crash_save_vmcoreinfo_init(void)
 	VMCOREINFO_LENGTH(mem_section, NR_SECTION_ROOTS);
 	VMCOREINFO_STRUCT_SIZE(mem_section);
 	VMCOREINFO_OFFSET(mem_section, section_mem_map);
+	VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(SECTION_SIZE_BITS);
 	VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS);
 #endif
 	VMCOREINFO_STRUCT_SIZE(page);
-- 
2.29.2