[Makedumpfile Patch v2 7/7] mem-usage: allow to work only with -f for kernel version < 4.11

[Pratyush Anand]

Hi Atsushi,

On Thursday 02 March 2017 10:19 AM, Atsushi Kumagai wrote:
> Hello Pratyush,
>
>> PT_LOAD of kcore does not have valid p_paddr values for kernel version
>> less that v4.11. Therefore, older kernel will no long work for mem-usage
>> with current makedumpfile code. They can only work when they are patched
>> with fix to "update physical address for kcore ram and text".
>>
>> This patch fixes the makedumpfile so that it does not allow to work
>> older kernel for --mem-usage until someone is sure that kernel is
>> rightly patched and so uses -f in command line.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Pratyush Anand <panand at redhat.com>
>> ---
>> makedumpfile.c | 6 ++++++
>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c
>> index 3b8e9810468d..bf006ea5dd5f 100644
>> --- a/makedumpfile.c
>> +++ b/makedumpfile.c
>> @@ -11269,6 +11269,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
>> 			MSG("Try `makedumpfile --help' for more information.\n");
>> 			goto out;
>> 		}
>> +		if (info->kernel_version < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 11, 0) &&
>> +				!info->flag_force) {
>> +			MSG("mem-usage not supported for this kernel.\n");
>> +			MSG("You can try with -f if your kernel's kcore has valid p_paddr\n");
>> +			return COMPLETED;
>> +		}
>
> Should use "goto out" to prevent memory leaks since some heap blocks are
> allocated at the head of main().

OK

>
> BTW, the descriptions of -f option in man and print_usage() don't mention this usage:
>
>        -f     Force existing DUMPFILE to be overwritten.
>               Example:
>               # makedumpfile -f -d 31 -x vmlinux /proc/vmcore dumpfile
>               This command overwrites DUMPFILE even if it already exists.
>
> so they should be updated.

Does following looks fine to you?

$ makedumpfile --help | grep -A3 "\-f"
   [-f]:
       Overwrite DUMPFILE even if it already exists
       Force mem-usage to work with older kernel as well.


$ man makedumpfile | grep -w "\-f  " -A6
        -f     Force existing DUMPFILE to be overwritten and mem-usage 
to work with older kernel as well.
               Example:
               # makedumpfile -f -d 31 -x vmlinux /proc/vmcore dumpfile
               This command overwrites DUMPFILE even if it already exists.
               # makedumpfile -f --mem-usage /proc/kcore
               Kernel version lesser than v4.11 will not work with 
--mem-usage functionality until it has been  patched  with  upstream  commit
               464920104bf7.  Therefore if you have patched your older 
kernel then use -f.

Thanks for the review.

~Pratyush