kdump failed because of hotplug memory adding in kdump kernel

[Vivek Goyal]

On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 10:24:25AM -0700, Toshi Kani wrote:

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> > I think creating a new command line option is simpler as compared to
> > creating a new flag in bootparam which in turn disables memory hotplug.
> > More users can use that option. For example, if for some reason hotplug
> > code is crashing, one can just disable it on command line as work around
> > and move on.
> 
> I do not have a strong opinion about having such option.  However, I
> think it is more user friendly to keep the exactmap option works alone
> on any platforms.

I think we should create internally a variable which will disable memory
hotplug. And set that variable based on memmap=exactmap, mem=X and also
provide a way to disable memory hotplug directly using command line
option.

Current kexec-tools can use memmap=exactmap and be happy. I am writing
a new kexec syscall and will not be using memmap=exactmap and would need
to use that command line option to disable memory hotplug behavior.

Thanks
Vivek