Hi On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 5:40 AM, Dave Anderson <ander...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> Hi Anatol, >> >> On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 10:53:32AM -0700, Anatol Pomozov wrote: >> > Hi Wu >> > >> > I have a request wrt your old commit 718a38211. >> > >> > I think it makes sense to export array pageflag_names so kernel dump >> > debug tools (like 'crash') can use it as well. Currently the tool >> > hard-codes flag names but it is suboptimal as flags are different for >> > different configs. >> > >> > What do you think? (I can send a patch if you are ok). >> >> I wonder if the KPF_* defined in >> >> include/uapi/linux/kernel-page-flags.h >> >> fit your needs. These are kernel page flags exported to the user space >> and will be maintained stable and immune to kconfig changes. You can >> find use examples of them in >> >> fs/proc/page.c >> tools/vm/page-types.c >> >> Thanks, >> Fengguang >> > > Nothing is required for the crash utility. The pageflag_names array (as well > as the pageflags enumerator) are readily available in the kernel debuginfo > data.
D'oh. You are right Dave. Everyone, please ignore my original question I mislooked this variable in symbols map (or maybe looked at an old kernel map). Dave, do you think 'crash' should use pageflag_names to output flag names? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
