Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:24:05 +0530 | From | "K.Prasad" <> | Subject | [RFC Patch 0/2] Slimdump framework using CRASH_REASON - v2 |
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Hi All, In furtherance of the previous discussion regarding 'slimdump' (refer: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1204967), it was decided that,
- An entry in VMCOREINFO elf-note be added to denote the cause of crash, instead of creating a new elf-note.
- Upstream tools such as 'makedumpfile' and 'crash' be modified to recognise this string and inform the user accordingly.
Accordingly, this new version of the patchset makes the following changes
Changelog - version 2 ----------------------- (First version posted here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1198435)
- Append VMCOREINFO elf-note with a new variable CRASH_REASON whose value will be populated using arch_add_crash_reason() function.
- Define arch_add_crash_reason() in the x86 MCE path to return "PANIC_MCE" in the panic path of MCE.
- 'makedumpfile' tool is taught to recognise PANIC_MCE string as one value of CRASH_REASON for which 'slimdump' must be captured.
- Changes to 'crash' tool are not included, and is deferred till there's consensus to the kernel and makedumpfile patches.
Let me know your comments on this.
Thanks, K.Prasad
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