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From: Matt Fleming <matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
To: Dave Young <dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 14/14] x86: kdebugfs do not use __va for getting setup_data virt addr
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:35:01 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131216163501.GB3873@console-pimps.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1387186235-15972-15-git-send-email-dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

On Mon, 16 Dec, at 05:30:35PM, Dave Young wrote:
> kdump kernel will use memmap=exactmap kernel cmdline, but __va does not
> work in case memmap=exactmap, so let's always use ioremap_cache.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c | 35 +++++++++++------------------------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

Dave, I've no idea why this change is necessary from the commit log. Is
it required for kexec to function on EFI? Why does __va() not work in
the memmap=exactmap case?

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-12-16 16:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-16  9:30 [PATCH v6 00/14] kexec kernel efi runtime support Dave Young
2013-12-16  9:30 ` [PATCH v6 01/14] x86/mm: sparse warning fix for early_memremap Dave Young
2013-12-16  9:30 ` [PATCH v6 02/14] efi: Use early_memremap and early_memunmap to fix sparse warnings Dave Young
2013-12-16  9:30 ` [PATCH v6 03/14] efi: remove unused variables in __map_region Dave Young
2013-12-16  9:30 ` [PATCH v6 04/14] efi: add a wrapper function efi_map_region_fixed Dave Young
2013-12-16  9:30 ` [PATCH v6 05/14] efi: reserve boot service fix Dave Young
     [not found] ` <1387186235-15972-1-git-send-email-dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-16  9:30   ` [PATCH v6 06/14] efi: cleanup efi_enter_virtual_mode function Dave Young
2013-12-16  9:30   ` [PATCH v6 07/14] efi: export more efi table variable to sysfs Dave Young
2013-12-16  9:30   ` [PATCH v6 09/14] efi: passing kexec necessary efi data via setup_data Dave Young
     [not found]     ` <1387186235-15972-10-git-send-email-dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-17  8:01       ` [PATCH v7 " Dave Young
     [not found]         ` <20131217080140.GB12621-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-17  8:08           ` Dave Young
2013-12-16  9:30   ` [PATCH v6 10/14] efi: only print saved efi runtime maps instead of all memmap ranges for kexec Dave Young
     [not found]     ` <1387186235-15972-11-git-send-email-dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-19 16:41       ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]         ` <20131219164144.GG3145-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-20  1:35           ` Dave Young
     [not found]             ` <20131220013508.GA3795-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-20  1:57               ` Dave Young
2013-12-16  9:30   ` [PATCH v6 11/14] x86: add xloadflags bit for efi runtime support on kexec Dave Young
2013-12-16  9:30   ` [PATCH v6 12/14] x86: export x86 boot_params to sysfs Dave Young
2013-12-16  9:30   ` [PATCH v6 13/14] x86: reserve setup_data ranges late after parsing memmap cmdline Dave Young
2013-12-16  9:30   ` [PATCH v6 14/14] x86: kdebugfs do not use __va for getting setup_data virt addr Dave Young
     [not found]     ` <1387186235-15972-15-git-send-email-dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-16 16:35       ` Matt Fleming [this message]
     [not found]         ` <20131216163501.GB3873-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-17  6:24           ` Dave Young
     [not found]             ` <20131217062417.GE6751-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-17  6:53               ` Dave Young
     [not found]                 ` <20131217065346.GG6751-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-17 11:24                   ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]                     ` <20131217112452.GA3145-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-18  9:29                       ` Dave Young
2013-12-16  9:30 ` [PATCH v6 08/14] efi: export efi runtime memory mapping to sysfs Dave Young
     [not found]   ` <1387186235-15972-9-git-send-email-dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-16 15:09     ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]       ` <20131216150929.GA3873-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-17  6:13         ` Dave Young
2013-12-17  8:00     ` [PATCH v7 " Dave Young

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