[PATCH v20 00/14] arm64 kexec kernel patches

[panand@redhat.com (Pratyush Anand)]

Hi Takahiro,

On 30/06/2016:10:46:04 AM, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 10:20:50AM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 09:54:15AM +0900, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 06:00:39PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 05:54:47PM +0000, Geoff Levand wrote:
> > > > > AKASHI Takahiro (7):
> > > > >       arm64: kdump: reserve memory for crash dump kernel
> > > > >       arm64: limit memory regions based on DT property, usable-memory
> > > > >       arm64: kdump: implement machine_crash_shutdown()
> > > > >       arm64: kdump: add kdump support
> > > > >       arm64: kdump: add VMCOREINFO's for user-space coredump tools
> > > > >       arm64: kdump: enable kdump in the arm64 defconfig
> > > > >       arm64: kdump: update a kernel doc
> > > > > 
> > > > > Geoff Levand (4):
> > > > >       arm64: Add back cpu reset routines
> > > > >       arm64/kexec: Add core kexec support
> > > > >       arm64/kexec: Enable kexec in the arm64 defconfig
> > > > >       arm64/kexec: Add pr_debug output
> > > > > 
> > > > > James Morse (3):
> > > > >       arm64: hibernate: Don't hibernate on systems with stuck CPUs
> > > > >       arm64: smp: Add function to determine if cpus are stuck in the kernel
> > > > >       Documentation: dt: usable-memory and elfcorehdr nodes for arm64 kexec
> > > > 
> > > > I dropped patch 1 (hibernate), cherry-picked patch 2 from mainline
> > > > ("cpus stuck in the kernel", already pushed by Will to 4.7-rc5) and
> > > > merged patches 3-6, with the amendments that James mentioned.
> > > > 
> > > > The kdump patches, including the "Documentation" one from James require
> > > > more review, testing and acks by the corresponding maintainers (kdump,
> > > > DT).
> > > 
> > > I see what you mean, but even for Geoff's kexec part, the maintainer
> > > (Eric) have not given his ack.
> > 
> > I just assumed he won't object ;). The only generic change is the
> > KEXEC_ARCH_AARCH64 in the uapi/linux/kexec.h file and the value chosen
> > matches EM_AARCH64.
> > 
> > The kdump patches make such changes to Documentation and I would like
> > those acked by the kdump and DT maintainers.
> 
> OK, I asked the corresponding maintainers to review them.
> 
> > Pratyush Anand also had comments on the kdump patches in v19, so it's
> > fair to wait for him to complete the reviewing of the latest series.
> 
> I think that it was my mistake that I referred to makedumpfile-related
> VMCOREINFO's in my patch.
> Since I'm not a user nor author of makedumpfile command for arm64,
> my changes should have been minimized, exluding any non-mandatory symbols.
> (Patch#13/14 is necessary for me to verify generated vmcore files
> with crash utility.)
> So I asked Pratyush to post his kernel patch based on his own requirements
> as he wants.
> I believe it's fair enough.

Sorry for delayed response.
I am agreeing to this patchset. makedumpfile would also be able to work by
directly reading page table entries for all virtual addresses.

I have tested this patchset with Mustang and both kexec and kdump works. So, you
can add 
Tested-by: Pratyush Anand <panand@redhat.com>

Thanks for all the work on kexec/kdump. 

~Pratyush

> 
> > > > You also don't seem to have added a s-o-b for those patches (since
> > > > you are submitting them; unless you plan to let Akashi-san submit them
> > > > in the future).
> > > 
> > > Basically Geoff has not reviewed nor tested kdump part, and
> > > so I'm not sure that adding his s-o-b is appropriate.
> > 
> > It is appropriate. See the "Developer's Certificate of Origin" in
> > Documentation/SubmittingPatches. A s-o-b from Geoff doesn't necessarily
> > mean that he reviewed the patches but that he has the right to pass them
> > on under the open source license indicated in the file (and AFAICT it is
> > legally binding but IANAL).
> > 
> > > Anyhow, I will post my future version of kdump by myself as kexec has
> > > been queued in for-next/core.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> Since I've got no comments on kdump patches and had no updates
> so far, I don't plan to post v21 this week (at this point).
> (I will add "reviewed-by James" to patch#7/14 in future releases.)
> 
> Thanks,
> -Takahiro AKASHI
> 
> > -- 
> > Catalin
> 
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