From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Pnina Feder <pnina.feder@mobileye.com>
Cc: horms@verge.net.au, kexec@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] util_lib: Add direct map fallback in vaddr_to_offset()
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:52:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aRM_uuDPsZD4f1ei@horms.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251106120344.2382695-1-pnina.feder@mobileye.com>
On Thu, Nov 06, 2025 at 02:03:44PM +0200, Pnina Feder wrote:
> The vmcore-dmesg tool could fail with the message:
> "No program header covering vaddr 0x%llx found kexec bug?"
>
> This occurred when a virtual address belonged to the kernel’s direct
> mapping region, which may not be covered by any PT_LOAD segment in
> the vmcore ELF headers.
>
> Add a direct-map fallback in vaddr_to_offset() that converts such
> virtual addresses using the known page and physical offsets. This
> allows resolving these addresses correctly.
>
> Tested on Linux 6.16 (RISC-V)
>
> Signed-off-by: Pnina Feder <pnina.feder@mobileye.com>
Thanks, applied.
- util_lib: Add direct map fallback in vaddr_to_offset()
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kexec/kexec-tools.git/commit/?id=393c449aec3d
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2025-11-06 12:03 [PATCH] util_lib: Add direct map fallback in vaddr_to_offset() Pnina Feder
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