Re: [PATCH 0/1] Fix for riscv vmcore issue

[Björn Töpel]

Pnina!

Pnina Feder <pnina.feder@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> We are creating a vmcore using kexec on a Linux 6.15 RISC-V system and
> analyzing it with the crash tool on the host. This workflow used to
> work on Linux 6.14 but is now broken in 6.15.

Thanks for reporting this!

> The issue is caused by a change in the kernel:
> In Linux 6.15, certain memblock sections are now marked as Reserved in
> /proc/iomem. The kexec tool excludes all Reserved regions when
> generating the vmcore, so these sections are missing from the dump.

How are you collecting the /proc/vmcore file? A full set of commands
would be helpful.

> However, the kernel still uses addresses in these regions—for example,
> for IRQ pointers. Since the crash tool needs access to these memory
> areas to function correctly, their exclusion breaks the analysis.

Wdym with "IRQ pointers"? Also, what version (sha1) of crash are you
using?


Thanks!
Björn