Re: [RESEND PATCH v5 08/11] ppc64/kexec_file: setup backup region for kdump kernel

Thiago Jung Bauermann
2020-07-28T02:37:24Z

Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com> writes:

> Though kdump kernel boots from loaded address, the first 64KB of it is
> copied down to real 0. So, setup a backup region and let purgatory
> copy the first 64KB of crashed kernel into this backup region before
> booting into kdump kernel. Update reserve map with backup region and
> crashed kernel's memory to avoid kdump kernel from accidentially using
> that memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.ibm.com>

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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center