[RFC Patch 0/6] slimdump: Enable slimdump if crashing kernel memory is not required

K.Prasad prasad at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu May 26 13:31:56 EDT 2011


On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:37:22PM +0530, K.Prasad wrote:
> Hi All,

A small correction related to patch description...

> 
> Summary of the patches
> ----
> Patch 1, 2 - Patches from Andi Kleen's tree
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-mce-2.6.git which
> introduce an enhanced panic function - xpanic().
> 

Patch 3 - A small bugfix for patch 1,2

Patch 4 - Introduces a new PANIC_MCE flag to signal the need for slimdump
for MCE initiated panic calls. Appends a new elf-note inside coredump
containing MCE related registers.

Thanks,
K.Prasad




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