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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/crash_core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/crash_core.c | 33 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c index 63cf89393c6e..c1048893f4b6 100644 --- a/kernel/crash_core.c +++ b/kernel/crash_core.c @@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ int crash_check_hotplug_support(void) crash_hotplug_lock(); /* Obtain lock while reading crash information */ if (!kexec_trylock()) { - pr_info("kexec_trylock() failed, elfcorehdr may be inaccurate\n"); + pr_info("kexec_trylock() failed, kdump image may be inaccurate\n"); crash_hotplug_unlock(); return 0; } @@ -520,18 +520,25 @@ int crash_check_hotplug_support(void) } /* - * To accurately reflect hot un/plug changes of cpu and memory resources - * (including onling and offlining of those resources), the elfcorehdr - * (which is passed to the crash kernel via the elfcorehdr= parameter) - * must be updated with the new list of CPUs and memories. + * To accurately reflect hot un/plug changes of CPU and Memory resources + * (including onling and offlining of those resources), the relevant + * kexec segments must be updated with latest CPU and Memory resources. * - * In order to make changes to elfcorehdr, two conditions are needed: - * First, the segment containing the elfcorehdr must be large enough - * to permit a growing number of resources; the elfcorehdr memory size - * is based on NR_CPUS_DEFAULT and CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES. - * Second, purgatory must explicitly exclude the elfcorehdr from the - * list of segments it checks (since the elfcorehdr changes and thus - * would require an update to purgatory itself to update the digest). + * Architectures must ensure two things for all segments that need + * updating during hotplug events: + * + * 1. Segments must be large enough to accommodate a growing number of + * resources. + * 2. Exclude the segments from SHA verification. + * + * For example, on most architectures, the elfcorehdr (which is passed + * to the crash kernel via the elfcorehdr= parameter) must include the + * new list of CPUs and memory. To make changes to the elfcorehdr, it + * should be large enough to permit a growing number of CPU and Memory + * resources. One can estimate the elfcorehdr memory size based on + * NR_CPUS_DEFAULT and CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES. The elfcorehdr is + * excluded from SHA verification by default if the architecture + * supports crash hotplug. */ static void crash_handle_hotplug_event(unsigned int hp_action, unsigned int cpu, void *arg) { @@ -540,7 +547,7 @@ static void crash_handle_hotplug_event(unsigned int hp_action, unsigned int cpu, crash_hotplug_lock(); /* Obtain lock while changing crash information */ if (!kexec_trylock()) { - pr_info("kexec_trylock() failed, elfcorehdr may be inaccurate\n"); + pr_info("kexec_trylock() failed, kdump image may be inaccurate\n"); crash_hotplug_unlock(); return; } |