[PATCH] crash_core: export vmemmap when CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP is enabled
Baoquan He
bhe at redhat.com
Wed Dec 20 20:12:34 PST 2023
On 11/27/23 at 10:07am, Huang Shijie wrote:
> In memory_model.h, if CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP is configed,
> kernel will use vmemmap to do the __pfn_to_page/page_to_pfn,
> and kernel will not use the "classic sparse" to do the
> __pfn_to_page/page_to_pfn.
>
> So export the vmemmap when CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP is configed.
> This makes the user applications (crash, etc) get faster
> pfn_to_page/page_to_pfn operations too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <shijie at os.amperecomputing.com>
> ---
> kernel/crash_core.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
Ack this one as it's needed by crash utility patches.
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe at redhat.com>
>
> diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
> index efe87d501c8c..9653c4177191 100644
> --- a/kernel/crash_core.c
> +++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
> @@ -765,6 +765,9 @@ static int __init crash_save_vmcoreinfo_init(void)
> VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(mem_map);
> VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(contig_page_data);
> #endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
> + VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL_ARRAY(vmemmap);
> +#endif
> #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
> VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL_ARRAY(mem_section);
> VMCOREINFO_LENGTH(mem_section, NR_SECTION_ROOTS);
> --
> 2.40.1
>
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