[PATCH] makedumpfile: Support ARM64

[sgoel at codeaurora.org]

hi Pratyush,
 Most of the chages are translation level and architecture related. I was
able to get this working on Friday for 3 level tables on arm64. I am
trying to get this code back to you now.
Thanks,
Sameer

> HI Sameer,
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 4:02 AM,  <sgoel at codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> Hi Pratush,
>>  I added the mappings for PMD translations to the vtop function. This
>> helped in translating the address to physical. Issues seen:
>> 1. If PMD translates to a section. The physical translations does not
>> get
>> rid of the PMD flags. So, the physical address shows up as invalid and
>> code crashes when it tries to read this address from ELF.
>> 2. After treating this as a PTE table address, we see a compression of
>> around 50%.
>>
>
> Is it possible for you to share the modification you would have done
> on top of https://github.com/pratyushanand/makedumpfile.git:arm64_support.
> Actually, I have lost track of all the modifications you have done on
> top of my changes.
>
> I would like to review it closely this weekend and will suggest you
> whatever I find.
>
> ~Pratyush
>