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SubjectRe: [PATCH] print kdump kernel loaded status in stack dump
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:02:17 -0800
Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com> writes:
> > printk("%sHardware name: %s\n",
> > log_lvl, dump_stack_arch_desc_str);
> > + if (kexec_crash_loaded())
> > + printk("%skdump kernel loaded\n", log_lvl);
>
> Oops/warnings are getting longer and longer, often scrolling away
> from the screen, and if the kernel crashes backscroll does not work
> anymore, so precious information is lost.
>
> Can you merge it with some other line?
>
> Just a [KDUMP] or so somewhere should be good enough.

Or perhaps we should add it as a TAINT. Not all taints are bad.

-- Steve

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