Currently, is_kdump_kernel() returns true when elfcorehdr_addr is set.
While elfcorehdr_addr is set for kexec based kernel dump mechanism,
alternate dump capturing methods like fadump [1] also set it to export
the vmcore. Since, is_kdump_kernel() is used to restrict resources in
crash dump capture kernel and such restrictions may not be desirable
for fadump, allow is_kdump_kernel() to be defined differently for such
scenarios. With this, is_kdump_kernel() could be false while vmcore is
usable. So, remove unnecessary dependency with is_kdump_kernel(), for
exporting vmcore.
[1] https://docs.kernel.org/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.html
Suggested-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://msgid.link/20230912082950.856977-1-hbathini@linux.ibm.com
#define vmcore_elf64_check_arch(x) (elf_check_arch(x) || vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross(x))
#endif
+#ifndef is_kdump_kernel
/*
* is_kdump_kernel() checks whether this kernel is booting after a panic of
* previous kernel or not. This is determined by checking if previous kernel
{
return elfcorehdr_addr != ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX;
}
+#endif
/* is_vmcore_usable() checks if the kernel is booting after a panic and
* the vmcore region is usable.
static inline int is_vmcore_usable(void)
{
- return is_kdump_kernel() && elfcorehdr_addr != ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR ? 1 : 0;
+ return elfcorehdr_addr != ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR &&
+ elfcorehdr_addr != ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX ? 1 : 0;
}
/* vmcore_unusable() marks the vmcore as unusable,
static inline void vmcore_unusable(void)
{
- if (is_kdump_kernel())
- elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR;
+ elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR;
}
/**