Re: [PATCH] vmcoreinfo: make hwerr_data visible for debugging

[Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>]

Hello Andrew,

On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 12:27:47PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:05:44 -0800 Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> > If the kernel is compiled with LTO, hwerr_data symbol might be lost, and
> > vmcoreinfo doesn't have it dumped. This is currently seen in some
> > production kernels with LTO enabled.
> > 
> > Remove the static qualifier from hwerr_data so that the information is
> > still preserved when the kernel is built with LTO. Making hwerr_data
> > a global symbol ensures its debug info survives the LTO link process and
> > appears in kallsyms.
> > 
> > --- a/kernel/vmcore_info.c
> > +++ b/kernel/vmcore_info.c
> > @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ struct hwerr_info {
> >  	time64_t timestamp;
> >  };
> >  
> > -static struct hwerr_info hwerr_data[HWERR_RECOV_MAX];
> > +struct hwerr_info hwerr_data[HWERR_RECOV_MAX];
> >  
> >  Elf_Word *append_elf_note(Elf_Word *buf, char *name, unsigned int type,
> >  			  void *data, size_t data_len)
> > 
> 
> A non-static symbol which has no external references will be made
> static again by those who like to send in little fixups.  A comment
> will help prevent that.  How's this?

very good point, I will update.

Thanks
--breno