[PATCH v3 0/2] PPC64: Add virtual to physical address translation support for vmalloc region
Atsushi Kumagai
kumagai-atsushi at mxc.nes.nec.co.jp
Wed Aug 13 03:29:37 PDT 2014
>In makedumpfile tool, currently there is no support for virtual to physical
>address translation of vmalloc region on PPC64 architecture. These patches
>add this support. The patches have been tested by erasing data in vmalloc
>region, verfying for eraseinfo in the resultant ELF dump and verifiying the
>resultant ELF dump for sanity using crash utility. Also, tested the patches
>successfully with eppic scripts.
>
>Changes in v3:
>Added the buffer to read page tables in DumpInfo structure and freeing it
>before exiting the tool
Thanks Hari, I'll merge this version into v1.5.7.
Atsushi Kumagai
>---
>
>Hari Bathini (2):
> makedumpfile: Initialize for vmalloc address translation support in PPC64 arch
> makedumpfile: vtop address translation support for vmalloc region in PPC64 arch
>
>
> arch/ppc64.c | 170 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> makedumpfile.c | 9 +++
> makedumpfile.h | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 249 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
>--
>- Hari
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