[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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