From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9945B7D04D for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2019 01:47:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726163AbfAGBrw (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jan 2019 20:47:52 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:40210 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726160AbfAGBrv (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jan 2019 20:47:51 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A776588311; Mon, 7 Jan 2019 01:47:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain.com (ovpn-12-80.pek2.redhat.com [10.72.12.80]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81E6C19741; Mon, 7 Jan 2019 01:47:43 +0000 (UTC) From: Lianbo Jiang To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, x86@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, bhe@redhat.com, dyoung@redhat.com, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, k-hagio@ab.jp.nec.com, anderson@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH 0/2 v5] kdump,vmcoreinfo: Export the value of sme mask to vmcoreinfo Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 09:47:32 +0800 Message-Id: <20190107014734.9730-1-lijiang@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.23 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.28]); Mon, 07 Jan 2019 01:47:51 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org This patchset did two things: a. add a new document for vmcoreinfo This document lists some variables that export to vmcoreinfo, and briefly describles what these variables indicate. It should be instructive for many people who do not know the vmcoreinfo, and it also normalizes the exported variable as a convention between kernel and use-space. b. export the value of sme mask to vmcoreinfo For AMD machine with SME feature, makedumpfile tools need to know whether the crash kernel was encrypted or not. If SME is enabled in the first kernel, the crash kernel's page table(pgd/pud/pmd/pte) contains the memory encryption mask, so need to remove the sme mask to obtain the true physical address. Changes since v1: 1. No need to export a kernel-internal mask to userspace, so copy the value of sme_me_mask to a local variable 'sme_mask' and write the value of sme_mask to vmcoreinfo. 2. Add comment for the code. 3. Improve the patch log. 4. Add the vmcoreinfo documentation. Changes since v2: 1. Improve the vmcoreinfo document, add more descripts for these variables exported. 2. Fix spelling errors in the document. Changes since v3: 1. Still improve the vmcoreinfo document, and make it become more clear and easy to read. 2. Move sme_mask comments in the code to the vmcoreinfo document. 3. Improve patch log. Changes since v4: 1. Remove a command that dumping the VMCOREINFO contents from this document. 2. Merge the 'PG_buddy' and 'PG_offline' into the PG_* flag in this document. 3. Correct some of the mistakes in this document. *** BLURB HERE *** Lianbo Jiang (2): kdump: add the vmcoreinfo documentation kdump,vmcoreinfo: Export the value of sme mask to vmcoreinfo Documentation/kdump/vmcoreinfo.txt | 500 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c | 3 + 2 files changed, 503 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/kdump/vmcoreinfo.txt -- 2.17.1