o Move elfcorehdr_addr definition in arch dependent crash dump file. This is
equivalent to defining elfcorehdr_addr under CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP instead of
CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE. This is needed by is_kdump_kernel() which can be
used irrespective of the fact whether CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE is enabled or
not.
Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c~fix-elfcorehdr_addr-parsing-ppc64
arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
---
linux-2.6.27-pre-rc1/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c~fix-elfcorehdr_addr-parsing-ppc64
2008-07-28 12:14:22.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.27-pre-rc1-root/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c 2008-07-28
12:14:22.000000000 -0400
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
#define DBG(fmt...)
#endif
+/* Stores the physical address of elf header of crash image. */
+unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX;
+
void __init reserve_kdump_trampoline(void)
{
lmb_reserve(0, KDUMP_RESERVE_LIMIT);
@@ -66,7 +69,11 @@ void __init setup_kdump_trampoline(void)
DBG(" <- setup_kdump_trampoline()\n");
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
+/*
+ * Note: elfcorehdr_addr is not just limited to vmcore. It is also used by
+ * is_kdump_kernel() to determine if we are booting after a panic. Hence
+ * ifdef it under CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP and not CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE.
+ */
static int __init parse_elfcorehdr(char *p)
{
if (p)
@@ -75,7 +82,6 @@ static int __init parse_elfcorehdr(char
return 1;
}
__setup("elfcorehdr=", parse_elfcorehdr);
-#endif
static int __init parse_savemaxmem(char *p)
{
_
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