linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/14] Split crash out from kexec and clean up related config items

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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:44:04 +0800
From: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
To: Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, piliu@...hat.com, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/14] Split crash out from kexec and clean up related
 config items

On 02/21/24 at 11:15am, Hari Bathini wrote:
> Hi Baoquan,
> 
> On 04/02/24 8:56 am, Baoquan He wrote:
> > > > Hope Hari and Pingfan can help have a look, see if
> > > > it's doable. Now, I make it either have both kexec and crash enabled, or
> > > > disable both of them altogether.
> > > 
> > > Sure. I will take a closer look...
> > Thanks a lot. Please feel free to post patches to make that, or I can do
> > it with your support or suggestion.
> 
> Tested your changes and on top of these changes, came up with the below
> changes to get it working for powerpc:
> 
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240213113150.1148276-1-hbathini@linux.ibm.com/
> 
> Please take a look.

I added a comment to the patch 1 consulting if the "struct crash_mem" is
appropriate to cover other cases except of kdump memory regions. I am
wondering if its name need be adjusted, or other kind of memory you
mentioned can use other structures or create a new one.

If it's has to be done like that, it's fine.