[PATCH kexec-tools v2 05/32] arm: fix kdump to work on LPAE systems
Russell King
rmk at arm.linux.org.uk
Mon Jun 6 09:59:08 PDT 2016
We need to use 64-bit file IO when mapping system memory and the core
dump file as we may be running on a LPAE system, otherwise we risk
mapping memory we shouldn't, and causing a kernel oops:
Unhandled fault: asynchronous external abort (0x211) at 0x00000000
pgd = edd2c740
[00000000] *pgd=82ec98003, *pmd=82dcd2003, *pte=00000000
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk at arm.linux.org.uk>
---
kexec/arch/arm/Makefile | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kexec/arch/arm/Makefile b/kexec/arch/arm/Makefile
index 38137d7..60e433a 100644
--- a/kexec/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/kexec/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ libfdt_SRCS += $(LIBFDT_SRCS:%=kexec/libfdt/%)
arm_CPPFLAGS = -I$(srcdir)/kexec/libfdt
+# We want 64-bit file IO for kdump to work correctly on LPAE systems
+arm_CPPFLAGS += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+
arm_KEXEC_SRCS += $(libfdt_SRCS)
arm_UIMAGE = kexec/kexec-uImage.c
--
1.9.1
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