[PATCH] Fix vmcoreinfo generation on 32bit hosts for 64bit kernels

[Ken'ichi Ohmichi]

Hi Bernhard,

Bernhard Walle wrote:
>>> This bug fixes the generation of vmcoreinfo files on 32bit hosts for ELF64
>>> files, i.e. 64bit kernels. The concrete problem was PPC64 which is built in a
>>> 32bit environment at SUSE.
>> I have one question.
>> I guess that the fundamental problem is that makedumpfile cannot
>> use vmcoreinfo which is contained in /proc/vmcore on ppc64, right ?
>> If yes, could you please test my attached patch for fixing it.
>>
>> I created the kernel patch for adding the symbol "node_data" to
>> ppc64's vmcoreinfo, but I cannot tested it because I don't have
>> any ppc64 machine.
> 
> No, not directly. We still ship the makedumpfile.config. Yes, we plan
> to switch to /proc/vmcore vmcoreinfo for next release (SLES 11).
> 
> I'll test your patch on PPC and give feedback!

Sounds good to me :-)


> But I think the patch is also valid since makedumpfile.config file is
> still supported and should work.

OK.
I think that your patch is good, and I will merge it to the next
release anyway.


Thanks
Ken'ichi Ohmichi