[patch 2/2] Use BOOTMEM_EXCLUSIVE for kdump

Paul Mundt lethal at linux-sh.org
Thu Oct 25 00:14:54 EDT 2007


On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 09:05:33PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:37:35 +0200 Bernhard Walle <bwalle at suse.de> wrote:
> > This patch uses the BOOTMEM_EXCLUSIVE, introduced in the previous patch,
> > to avoid conflicts while reserving the memory for the kdump carpture kernel
> > (crashkernel=).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle at suse.de>
> > 
> > ---
> >  arch/sh/kernel/setup.c     |   29 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
> >  arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c |   28 ++++++++++++++++++----------
> >  arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------
> 
> ia64 and powerpc support crash dump too?
> 
Not via a reserved bootmem area at least, which is what these patches
touch.

Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal at linux-sh.org>



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