[PATCH v5 1/5] vmcore: Introduce ELF header in new memory feature

Michael Holzheu holzheu at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Jun 10 09:53:25 EDT 2013


On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:35:30 +0900
HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2013/6/8 Michael Holzheu <holzheu at linux.vnet.ibm.com>:
> <cut>
> > @@ -935,10 +967,17 @@ static int __init vmcore_init(void)
> >  {
> >         int rc = 0;
> >
> > -       /* If elfcorehdr= has been passed in cmdline, then capture the dump.*/
> > -       if (!(is_vmcore_usable()))
> > -               return rc;
> > +       /*
> > +        * If elfcorehdr= has not been passed in cmdline, try to get the
> > +        * header from 2nd kernel, then capture the dump.
> > +        */
> > +       if (!(is_vmcore_usable())) {
> > +               rc = elfcorehdr_alloc();
> > +               if (rc)
> > +                       return rc;
> > +       }
> 
> Here you removed comment in the 1st path. Please keep it.

Perhaps something like the following:

/*
 * If elfcorehdr= has been passed in cmdline, then capture the dump.
 * Otherwise, try to get the header from the 2nd kernel.
 */

Michael




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