Sachin Sant <[email protected]> writes: >> On 11-Sep-2023, at 2:44 PM, Aditya Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Presently, while reading a vmcore, makedumpfile uses >> `cur_cpu_spec.mmu_features` to decide whether the crashed system had >> RADIX MMU or not. >> >> Currently, makedumpfile fails to get the `cur_cpu_spec` symbol (unless >> a vmlinux is passed with the `-x` flag to makedumpfile), and hence >> assigns offsets and shifts (such as pgd_offset_l4) incorrecly considering >> MMU to be hash MMU. >> >> Add `cur_cpu_spec` symbol and offset of `mmu_features` in the >> `cpu_spec` struct, to VMCOREINFO, so that the symbol address and offset >> is accessible to makedumpfile, without needing the vmlinux file >> >> Signed-off-by: Aditya Gupta <[email protected]> >> --- > > Thanks for the patch. With this patch applied (along with makedumpfile > changes) > I am able to capture vmcore against a kernel which contains commit > 8dc9a0ad0c3e
I can't find that commit? Was just wondering if it should be referenced in the commit message. cheers
