linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: crash_core: Export MODULES, VMALLOC, and VMEMMAP ranges

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Message-ID: <Yg4jhWnfYIGYBLs/@hsj>
Date:   Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:29:25 +0000
From:   Huang Shijie <shijie@...amperecomputing.com>
To:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     catalin.marinas@....com, bhe@...hat.com, vgoyal@...hat.com,
        dyoung@...hat.com, corbet@....net, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, zwang@...erecomputing.com,
        patches@...erecomputing.com, darren@...amperecomputing.com,
        k-hagio-ab@....com, lijiang@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: crash_core: Export MODULES, VMALLOC, and VMEMMAP
 ranges

On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 10:02:03AM +0000, Huang Shijie wrote:
> > Thanks for digging up all of the kernel memory map changes and taking the
> > time to explain the macros. However, all I'm really after is something in
> > the commit message of the patch which explains what is broken without this
> This kernel patch does not break anything.
I mean this kernel patch is not a bugfix, it is just make the ARM64 ecosystem
(including the Crash) a little better..

The Crash can just parse out the MODULES/VMALLOC/VMALLOC ranges from the vmcore file,
no need to calculate them in a very _hard_ way. 

Thanks
Huang Shijie