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    crash: move crashkernel parsing and vmcore related code under CONFIG_CRASH_CORE · 692f66f2
    Hari Bathini authored
    Patch series "kexec/fadump: remove dependency with CONFIG_KEXEC and
    reuse crashkernel parameter for fadump", v4.
    
    Traditionally, kdump is used to save vmcore in case of a crash.  Some
    architectures like powerpc can save vmcore using architecture specific
    support instead of kexec/kdump mechanism.  Such architecture specific
    support also needs to reserve memory, to be used by dump capture kernel.
    crashkernel parameter can be a reused, for memory reservation, by such
    architecture specific infrastructure.
    
    This patchset removes dependency with CONFIG_KEXEC for crashkernel
    parameter and vmcoreinfo related code as it can be reused without kexec
    support.  Also, crashkernel parameter is reused instead of
    fadump_reserve_mem to reserve memory for fadump.
    
    The first patch moves crashkernel parameter parsing and vmcoreinfo
    related code under CONFIG_CRASH_CORE instead of CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE.  The
    second patch reuses the definitions of append_elf_note() & final_note()
    functions under CONFIG_CRASH_CORE in IA64 arch code.  The third patch
    removes dependency on CONFIG_KEXEC for firmware-assisted dump (fadump)
    in powerpc.  The next patch reuses crashkernel parameter for reserving
    memory for fadump, instead of the fadump_reserve_mem parameter.  This
    has the advantage of using all syntaxes crashkernel parameter supports,
    for fadump as well.  The last patch updates fadump kernel documentation
    about use of crashkernel parameter.
    
    This patch (of 5):
    
    Traditionally, kdump is used to save vmcore in case of a crash.  Some
    architectures like powerpc can save vmcore using architecture specific
    support instead of kexec/kdump mechanism.  Such architecture specific
    support also needs to reserve memory, to be used by dump capture kernel.
    crashkernel parameter can be a reused, for memory reservation, by such
    architecture specific infrastructure.
    
    But currently, code related to vmcoreinfo and parsing of crashkernel
    parameter is built under CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE.  This patch introduces
    CONFIG_CRASH_CORE and moves the above mentioned code under this config,
    allowing code reuse without dependency on CONFIG_KEXEC.  There is no
    functional change with this patch.
    
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/149035338104.6881.4550894432615189948.stgit@hbathini.in.ibm.com
    
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarDave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
    Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
    Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
    Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
    Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
    Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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