[PATCH v6 14/14] x86: kdebugfs do not use __va for getting setup_data virt addr

Matt Fleming matt at console-pimps.org
Mon Dec 16 11:35:01 EST 2013


On Mon, 16 Dec, at 05:30:35PM, Dave Young wrote:
> kdump kernel will use memmap=exactmap kernel cmdline, but __va does not
> work in case memmap=exactmap, so let's always use ioremap_cache.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung at redhat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c | 35 +++++++++++------------------------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

Dave, I've no idea why this change is necessary from the commit log. Is
it required for kexec to function on EFI? Why does __va() not work in
the memmap=exactmap case?

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center



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