[PATCH V5 5/6] riscv: crash_core: Export kernel vm layout, phys_ram_base
Xianting Tian
xianting.tian at linux.alibaba.com
Wed Aug 10 20:37:32 PDT 2022
在 2022/8/11 上午11:06, Bagas Sanjaya 写道:
> On Tue, Aug 02, 2022 at 08:18:17PM +0800, Xianting Tian wrote:
>> These infos are needed by the kdump crash tool. Since these values change
>> from time to time, it is preferable to export them via vmcoreinfo than to
>> change the crash's code frequently.
>>
> I have to agree with Conor.Dooley, that this patch is misleading (I see
> documentation instead of real export). So IMO, the patch subject should
> be "Documentation: kdump: describe VMCOREINFO export for RISCV64".
>
> For MODULES_VADDR and friends, the doc can be improved, like:
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst
> index 6b76284a503ca5..6694acc32c3588 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst
> @@ -615,14 +615,13 @@ phys_ram_base
>
> Indicates the start physical RAM address.
>
> -MODULES_VADDR|MODULES_END|VMALLOC_START|VMALLOC_END|VMEMMAP_START|VMEMMAP_END
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -KASAN_SHADOW_START|KASAN_SHADOW_END|KERNEL_LINK_ADDR|ADDRESS_SPACE_END
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> +MODULES_VADDR|MODULES_END|VMALLOC_START|VMALLOC_END|VMEMMAP_START|VMEMMAP_END|KASAN_SHADOW_START|KASAN_SHADOW_END|KERNEL_LINK_ADDR|ADDRESS_SPACE_END
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Used to get the correct ranges:
> - MODULES_VADDR ~ MODULES_END : Kernel module space.
> - VMALLOC_START ~ VMALLOC_END : vmalloc() / ioremap() space.
> - VMEMMAP_START ~ VMEMMAP_END : vmemmap region, used for struct page array.
> - KASAN_SHADOW_START ~ KASAN_SHADOW_END : kasan shadow space.
> - KERNEL_LINK_ADDR ~ ADDRESS_SPACE_END : Kernel link and BPF space.
> +
> + * MODULES_VADDR ~ MODULES_END : Kernel module space.
> + * VMALLOC_START ~ VMALLOC_END : vmalloc() / ioremap() space.
> + * VMEMMAP_START ~ VMEMMAP_END : vmemmap region, used for struct page array.
> + * KASAN_SHADOW_START ~ KASAN_SHADOW_END : kasan shadow space.
> + * KERNEL_LINK_ADDR ~ ADDRESS_SPACE_END : Kernel link and BPF space.
Thanks for the comment, I will fix it in V6
>
> Thanks.
>
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