From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix /dev/oldmem for kdump From: Michael Ellerman To: "Sachin P. Sant" In-Reply-To: <48637594.5040709@in.ibm.com> References: <48637594.5040709@in.ibm.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-oRNupS9RKN4vvX6I1SuQ" Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:15:10 +1000 Message-Id: <1215065710.17950.12.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Reply-To: michael@ellerman.id.au List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --=-oRNupS9RKN4vvX6I1SuQ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 16:25 +0530, Sachin P. Sant wrote: > This one has been pending for a long time. Somehow never > made it upstream. >=20 > Resending the patch which fixes /dev/oldmem interface for kdump. >=20 > Tested with 2.6.26-rc8. >=20 > Signed-off-by : Michael Ellerman Even though I wrote this, it was so long ago I can't really vouch for it. If you've tested it and it works Sachin then we should merge it. Is this fix in distros or does it not apply? > Also make sure we're only reading one page or less at a time. It looks like the generic code ensures that I think, but it can't hurt. cheers --=20 Michael Ellerman OzLabs, IBM Australia Development Lab wwweb: http://michael.ellerman.id.au phone: +61 2 6212 1183 (tie line 70 21183) We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. - S.M.A.R.T Person --=-oRNupS9RKN4vvX6I1SuQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBIbG5udSjSd0sB4dIRAgGAAJ95T6gspZa23wwXjhIZD64CCL97uwCgxYBv o9btEfHKzw495c1zyASC/6k= =1ia0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-oRNupS9RKN4vvX6I1SuQ--