Re: [PATCH v1 0/4][makedumpfile] vmalloc translation support for PPC32

["Suzuki K. Poulose" <suzuki@in.ibm.com>]

On 02/20/2012 03:26 PM, Atsushi Kumagai wrote:
> Hi, Benjamin
> Hi, Suzuki
>
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:39:29 +1100
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt<benh@kernel.crashing.org>  wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2012-02-17 at 11:25 +0530, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote:
>>>> Could you tell me what kind of data is stored in vmalloc region in
>>> PPC ?
>>>> I want to estimate importance of your patches for makedumpfile.
>>> I know at least the modules are loaded in the vmalloc'd region. I have
>>> Cc'ed linux-ppc dev. We should be able to get enough info from the
>>> experts here.
>>>
>>> Josh / Kumar / Others,
>>>
>>> Could you please let us know your thoughts ?
>>
>> Modules, driver IO mappings, etc... I can see that being useful for
>> crashdumps.
>
> Thank you for your information.
>
> The above data may be required for one function of makedumpfile (filter
> out kernel data) but not so crucial for makedumpfile as page descriptors
> and related data(e.g. pglist_data).
>
> Moreover, I'm preparing the release of v1.4.3 now, so I'll merge vmalloc
> support for PPC32 into v1.4.4. Is it all right for you, Suzuki ?

Yep,  fine with me.

Thanks
Suzuki