[PATCH 0/3] makedumpfile: Add support of mm randomization

Dave Young dyoung at redhat.com
Thu Sep 22 01:48:49 PDT 2016


Fix email address of Atsushi Kumagai..

On 09/22/16 at 04:45pm, Dave Young wrote:
> Hi, Baoquan
> 
> On 08/29/16 at 04:54pm, Baoquan He wrote:
> > Hi Atsushi and Thomas,
> > 
> > This is a draft patchset. I just checked x86_64 implementation according to
> > Thomas's mm randomization related patches. Not sure if this will affect
> > other ARCH or XEN. Especially for patch 1/3 and patch 2/3, just a original
> > idea. I tested on x86_64, passed.
> > 
> > And also kernel patch need be adjusted so that number_table.X of makedumpfile
> > can be used. Will add comment to Thomas's kernel patch.
> > 
> > Baoquan He (3):
> >   makedumpfile: Get info->kernel_version from SYMBOL(init_uts_ns)
> >     earlier
> >   makedumpfile: Move get_versiondep_info calling earlier
> >   makedumpfile: Add support for MM randomization
> > 
> >  arch/x86_64.c  | 26 +++++++++-----------------
> >  makedumpfile.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> >  makedumpfile.h |  3 +++
> >  3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> With these patch applied, I still get a makedumpfile failure below in Fedora:
> Kernel applied your patch to export the 3 symbols.
> 
> kdump: saving vmcore-dmesg.txt complete                                        
> kdump: saving vmcore                                                           
> kdump: saving vmcore failed                                                    
> [FAILED] Failed to start Kdump Vmcore Save Service. 
> 
> Thanks
> Dave



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