[PATCH 2/2] makedumpfile: Clean up unused KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE

[Baoquan He]

On 11/10/16 at 03:58am, Atsushi Kumagai wrote:
> >> >> > The old MODULES_VADDR need be decided by KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE when kaslr
> >> >> > enabled. Now MODULES_VADDR is not needed any more since Pratyush makes
> >> >> > all VA to PA converting done by page table lookup. So remove its related
> >> >> > code.
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi Bao,
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm not clear on this.  The crash utility still reads/needs KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE
> >> >> from the dumpfile's vmcoreinfo data.  Is it being written to the vmcoreinfo
> >> >> section somewhere else in the code?
> >> >
> >> >Aha, seems makedumpfile will get the vmcoreinfo offset and size, then
> >> >write the whole vmcoreinfo block into dumped vmcore header. But if
> >> >specify '-g' for makedumpfile to only generate a vmcoreinfo file, it
> >> >won't contain KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE.
> >> >
> >> >makedumpfile -g vmcoreinfo -x vmlinux
> >> >
> >> >So I am not sure if you care about vmcoreinfo file, but you are right, I
> >> >should not remove the vmcoreinfo reading and writing data.
> >> >
> >> >Thanks for pointing it out, will send v2 post.
> >>
> >> I understand the vmcoreinfo file generated by '-g' is used only for
> >> makedumpfile, so it's OK if it doesn't contain KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE since
> >> crash doesn't refer to the file.
> >> This patch doesn't modify the original vmcoreinfo section in dumpfile,
> >> it sounds reasonable to me.
> >
> >Thanks for your comments, Atsushi! Then I am fine.
> 
> Additionally, I think it would be better to remove all of the code
> you added in commit 56649f7b6bfe7.

Check it again, seems patch 2/2 equals to reverting commit
56649f7b6bfe7. Did I miss anything?

Thanks
Baoquan