[Patch v3 3/7] preparation functions for parsing vmcoreinfo

[bhe at redhat.com]

On 08/12/14 at 05:46pm, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 08/01/14 at 07:12am, Atsushi Kumagai wrote:
> > >diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c
> > >index 220570e..78aa7a5 100644
> > >--- a/makedumpfile.c
> > >+++ b/makedumpfile.c
> > >@@ -681,6 +681,10 @@ get_kernel_version(char *release)
> > > 	int32_t version;
> > > 	long maj, min, rel;
> > > 	char *start, *end;
> > >+	static int done = 0;
> > >+
> > >+	if (done)
> > >+		return info->kernel_version;
> > 
> > This function just convert the argument as string into
> > a number, it shouldn't be affected by external factors.
> > 
> > You should use info->kernel_version in the caller side if
> > you want to avoid duplicate calling of this function, but
> > I think it's unnecessary since this function is small.
> 
> In show_mem_usage() implementaion, the page_offset is needed before
> initial() calling because the dumpable elf program loads have ot be
> prepared before that. However in current commited code, the page_offset
> is got in initial() when call check_release().
> 
> So I have to get it in advance by this way. Then the
> get_kernel_version() can be reused in this way. Anyway, by this I
> needn't change the code in initial().
> 
> If use info->kernel_version directly before initial() calling, it's
> still zero.
> 

I add the static variable "done" just because it always print below
warning message twice, this makes me uncomfortable. Otherwise
get_kernel_version() can be called any time no matter how many times it
has been called if it's only a converting utility function.

The kernel version is not supported.
The created dumpfile may be incomplete.