From 692f66f26a4c19d73249736aa973c13a1521b387 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hari Bathini Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 15:56:18 -0700 Subject: crash: move crashkernel parsing and vmcore related code under CONFIG_CRASH_CORE Patch series "kexec/fadump: remove dependency with CONFIG_KEXEC and reuse crashkernel parameter for fadump", v4. Traditionally, kdump is used to save vmcore in case of a crash. Some architectures like powerpc can save vmcore using architecture specific support instead of kexec/kdump mechanism. Such architecture specific support also needs to reserve memory, to be used by dump capture kernel. crashkernel parameter can be a reused, for memory reservation, by such architecture specific infrastructure. This patchset removes dependency with CONFIG_KEXEC for crashkernel parameter and vmcoreinfo related code as it can be reused without kexec support. Also, crashkernel parameter is reused instead of fadump_reserve_mem to reserve memory for fadump. The first patch moves crashkernel parameter parsing and vmcoreinfo related code under CONFIG_CRASH_CORE instead of CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE. The second patch reuses the definitions of append_elf_note() & final_note() functions under CONFIG_CRASH_CORE in IA64 arch code. The third patch removes dependency on CONFIG_KEXEC for firmware-assisted dump (fadump) in powerpc. The next patch reuses crashkernel parameter for reserving memory for fadump, instead of the fadump_reserve_mem parameter. This has the advantage of using all syntaxes crashkernel parameter supports, for fadump as well. The last patch updates fadump kernel documentation about use of crashkernel parameter. This patch (of 5): Traditionally, kdump is used to save vmcore in case of a crash. Some architectures like powerpc can save vmcore using architecture specific support instead of kexec/kdump mechanism. Such architecture specific support also needs to reserve memory, to be used by dump capture kernel. crashkernel parameter can be a reused, for memory reservation, by such architecture specific infrastructure. But currently, code related to vmcoreinfo and parsing of crashkernel parameter is built under CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE. This patch introduces CONFIG_CRASH_CORE and moves the above mentioned code under this config, allowing code reuse without dependency on CONFIG_KEXEC. There is no functional change with this patch. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/149035338104.6881.4550894432615189948.stgit@hbathini.in.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini Acked-by: Dave Young Cc: Fenghua Yu Cc: Tony Luck Cc: Eric Biederman Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar Cc: Vivek Goyal Cc: Michael Ellerman Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/Makefile | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'kernel/Makefile') diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile index b302b4731d16..72aa080f91f0 100644 --- a/kernel/Makefile +++ b/kernel/Makefile @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += module.o obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG) += module_signing.o obj-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS) += kallsyms.o obj-$(CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT) += acct.o +obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_CORE) += crash_core.o obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE) += kexec_core.o obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC) += kexec.o obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE) += kexec_file.o -- cgit v1.2.3