Right now we seem to be exporting the max data size contained inside vmcoreinfo note. But this does not include the size of meta data around vmcore info data. Like name of the note and starting and ending elf_note.
I think user space expects total size and that size is put in PT_NOTE elf header. Things seem to be fine so far because we are not using vmcoreinfo note to the maximum capacity. But as it starts filling up, to capacity, at some point of time, problem will be visible. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgo...@redhat.com> --- kernel/ksysfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6/kernel/ksysfs.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/ksysfs.c 2014-01-14 14:09:42.107767503 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/kernel/ksysfs.c 2014-01-14 14:15:24.385510314 -0500 @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static ssize_t vmcoreinfo_show(struct ko { return sprintf(buf, "%lx %x\n", paddr_vmcoreinfo_note(), - (unsigned int)vmcoreinfo_max_size); + (unsigned int)sizeof(vmcoreinfo_note)); } KERNEL_ATTR_RO(vmcoreinfo); -- 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/