linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v3 0/3] pmem memmap dump support

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Message-ID: <51395c29-9f26-d0f7-6b25-730dabc78110@fujitsu.com>
Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2023 01:21:32 +0000
From:   "Zhijian Li (Fujitsu)" <lizhijian@...itsu.com>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
        "dan.j.williams@...el.com" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
CC:     "kexec@...ts.infradead.org" <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev" <nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev>,
        Kazuhito Hagio <k-hagio-ab@....com>,
        Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Shiyang Ruan (Fujitsu)" <ruansy.fnst@...itsu.com>,
        "Yasunori Gotou (Fujitsu)" <y-goto@...itsu.com>,
        "Xiao Yang (Fujitsu)" <yangx.jy@...itsu.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 0/3] pmem memmap dump support

Baoquan,


On 04/06/2023 20:59, Baoquan He wrote:
> Hi Zhijian,
> 
> On 06/02/23 at 06:26pm, Li Zhijian wrote:
>> Hello folks,
>>
>> After sending out the previous version of the patch set, we received some comments,
>> and we really appreciate your input. However, as you can see, the current patch
>> set is still in its early stages, especially in terms of the solution selection,
>> which may still undergo changes.
> 
> Thanks for the effort to make it and improve. And add Kazu and Simon to
> the CC because they maintain kexec-tools and makedumpfile utility.
> 
> For better reviewing, I would suggest splitting the patches into
> differet patchset for different component or repo. Here, it's obviouly
> has kernel patchset, kexec-tools patch and makedumpfile patchset.

Thank you very much for your feedback.
Agreed, i will split them out if we can reach a basic proposal.


Thanks
Zhijian

> 
> For the kernel patches, it looks straightforward and clear, if Dan can
> approve it from nvdimm side, everything should be fine. Then next we can
> focus on the relevant kexec-tools and makedumpfile utility support.
> 
> Thanks
> Baoquan
>