Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] kexec: Export PG_hwpoison flag into vmcoreinfo

From: Mitsuhiro Tanino
Date: Fri Feb 15 2013 - 03:48:30 EST


Hello Kumagai-san,

> I'm curious to know the status of this patch because I'll release
> makedumpfile-1.5.2 with the feature to exclude hwpoison page soon.

I requested Andrew to merge the kernel side patch, and the patch
has been added the -mm tree.

Please push the makedumpfile side patch into makedumpfile-1.5.2.

Regards,
Mitsuhiro Tanino

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> Sugject: + kexec-export-pg_hwpoison-flag-into-vmcoreinfo.patch added to -mm tree
> Date: 2013/02/13 07:50
>
>
> The patch titled
> Subject: kexec: export PG_hwpoison flag into vmcoreinfo
> has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
> kexec-export-pg_hwpoison-flag-into-vmcoreinfo.patch
>
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> ------------------------------------------------------
> From: Mitsuhiro Tanino <mitsuhiro.tanino.gm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: kexec: export PG_hwpoison flag into vmcoreinfo
>
> This patch exports a PG_hwpoison into vmcoreinfo when
> CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE is defined. "makedumpfile" needs to read
> information of memory, such as 'mem_section', 'zone', 'pageflags' from
> vmcore.
>
> We introduce a function into "makedumpfile" to exclude hwpoison page from
> vmcore dump. In order to introduce this function, PG_hwpoison flag have
> to export into vmcoreinfo.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mitsuhiro Tanino <mitsuhiro.tanino.gm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mitsuhiro Tanino <mitsuhiro.tanino.gm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> kernel/kexec.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff -puN kernel/kexec.c~kexec-export-pg_hwpoison-flag-into-vmcoreinfo kernel/kexec.c
> --- a/kernel/kexec.c~kexec-export-pg_hwpoison-flag-into-vmcoreinfo
> +++ a/kernel/kexec.c
> @@ -1537,6 +1537,9 @@ static int __init crash_save_vmcoreinfo_
> VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_private);
> VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_swapcache);
> VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_slab);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
> + VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_hwpoison);
> +#endif
> VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PAGE_BUDDY_MAPCOUNT_VALUE);
>
> arch_crash_save_vmcoreinfo();
> _
>
> Patches currently in -mm which might be from mitsuhiro.tanino.gm@xxxxxxxxxxx are
>
> kexec-export-pg_hwpoison-flag-into-vmcoreinfo.patch




(2013/02/08 17:49), Atsushi Kumagai wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:05:05 +0900
> Mitsuhiro Tanino <mitsuhiro.tanino.gm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This patch exports a PG_hwpoison into vmcoreinfo when
>> CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE is defined.
>> "makedumpfile" needs to read information of memory, such as
>> 'mem_section', 'zone', 'pageflags' from vmcore.
>>
>> We introduce a function into "makedumpfile" to exclude
>> hwpoison page from vmcore dump.
>> In order to introduce this function, PG_hwpoison flag have
>> to export into vmcoreinfo.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mitsuhiro Tanino <mitsuhiro.tanino.gm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I'm curious to know the status of this patch because I'll release
> makedumpfile-1.5.2 with the feature to exclude hwpoison page soon.
>
>
> Thanks
> Atsushi Kumagai
>
>> ---
>> kernel/kexec.c | 3 +++
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
>> index 0668d58..0d5d6bc 100644
>> --- a/kernel/kexec.c
>> +++ b/kernel/kexec.c
>> @@ -1513,6 +1513,9 @@ static int __init crash_save_vmcoreinfo_init(void)
>> VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_lru);
>> VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_private);
>> VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_swapcache);
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
>> + VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_hwpoison);
>> +#endif
>>
>> arch_crash_save_vmcoreinfo();
>> update_vmcoreinfo_note();
>> --
>> 1.7.10.1
>>
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