The patch titled
kdump/kexec: calculate note size at compile time (update)
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kdump-kexec-calculate-note-size-at-compile-time-update.patch
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Subject: kdump/kexec: calculate note size at compile time (update)
From: Simon Horman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Here is a further update to this patch which uses
sizeof(KEXEC_NOTE_NAME_BYTES) as suggested by Milton Miller.
It also adds a comment describing why space for two struct elf_note
is needed, as that question has come up a few times.
Cc: Vivek Goyal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c | 2 +-
include/linux/kexec.h | 8 +++++++-
kernel/kexec.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff -puN
arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c~kdump-kexec-calculate-note-size-at-compile-time-update
arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
---
a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c~kdump-kexec-calculate-note-size-at-compile-time-update
+++ a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ crash_save_this_cpu(void)
buf = (u64 *) per_cpu_ptr(crash_notes, cpu);
if (!buf)
return;
- buf = append_elf_note(buf, "CORE", NT_PRSTATUS, prstatus,
+ buf = append_elf_note(buf, KEXEC_NOTE_NAME, NT_PRSTATUS, prstatus,
sizeof(*prstatus));
final_note(buf);
}
diff -puN
include/linux/kexec.h~kdump-kexec-calculate-note-size-at-compile-time-update
include/linux/kexec.h
---
a/include/linux/kexec.h~kdump-kexec-calculate-note-size-at-compile-time-update
+++ a/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -33,9 +33,15 @@
#error KEXEC_ARCH not defined
#endif
+#define KEXEC_NOTE_NAME "CORE"
#define KEXEC_NOTE_HEAD_BYTES ALIGN(sizeof(struct elf_note), 4)
-#define KEXEC_NOTE_NAME_BYTES 8 /* ALIGN(strlen("CORE") + 1, 4) */
+#define KEXEC_NOTE_NAME_BYTES ALIGN(sizeof("CORE"), 4) /* N.B: Includes '\0' */
#define KEXEC_NOTE_DESC_BYTES ALIGN(sizeof(struct elf_prstatus), 4)
+/* The notes are read and combined by the code in vmcore.c running
+ * in the second-kernel after kdump is performed. This code
+ * expects the notes area to be a list of notes, terminated
+ * by a "NULL" note header. The "* 2" below is to provide space
+ * for the terminating note header */
#define KEXEC_NOTE_BYTES ( (KEXEC_NOTE_HEAD_BYTES * 2) + \
KEXEC_NOTE_NAME_BYTES + KEXEC_NOTE_DESC_BYTES )
diff -puN kernel/kexec.c~kdump-kexec-calculate-note-size-at-compile-time-update
kernel/kexec.c
--- a/kernel/kexec.c~kdump-kexec-calculate-note-size-at-compile-time-update
+++ a/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ void crash_save_cpu(struct pt_regs *regs
memset(&prstatus, 0, sizeof(prstatus));
prstatus.pr_pid = current->pid;
elf_core_copy_regs(&prstatus.pr_reg, regs);
- buf = append_elf_note(buf, "CORE", NT_PRSTATUS, &prstatus,
+ buf = append_elf_note(buf, KEXEC_NOTE_NAME, NT_PRSTATUS, &prstatus,
sizeof(prstatus));
final_note(buf);
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are
cpusets-add-mems-to-basic-usage-documentation.patch
git-ia64.patch
git-scsi-misc.patch
kdump-kexec-calculate-note-size-at-compile-time.patch
kdump-kexec-calculate-note-size-at-compile-time-update.patch
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