From 86328b338c3996b814417dd68e3f899a1a649059 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hari Bathini Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 13:59:49 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] vmcore: remove dependency with is_kdump_kernel() for exporting vmcore 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 Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini Acked-by: Baoquan He Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Link: https://msgid.link/20230912082950.856977-1-hbathini@linux.ibm.com --- include/linux/crash_dump.h | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/crash_dump.h b/include/linux/crash_dump.h index 0f3a656293b0..acc55626afdc 100644 --- a/include/linux/crash_dump.h +++ b/include/linux/crash_dump.h @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ void vmcore_cleanup(void); #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 @@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ static inline bool is_kdump_kernel(void) { 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. @@ -75,7 +77,8 @@ static inline bool is_kdump_kernel(void) 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, @@ -84,8 +87,7 @@ static inline int is_vmcore_usable(void) static inline void vmcore_unusable(void) { - if (is_kdump_kernel()) - elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR; + elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR; } /**