(2013/09/25 17:16), Jingbai Ma wrote: > On 09/25/2013 08:35 AM, HATAYAMA Daisuke wrote: >> (2013/09/24 21:49), Jingbai Ma wrote: >>> This patch will fix a bug of makedumpfile doesn't work correctly on >>> system >>> has over 44-bit addressing in compression dump mode. >>> This bug was posted here: >>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2013-September/009587.html >>> >>> This patch will add a new field in struct kdump_sub_header. >>> unsigned long max_mapnr; >>> >>> And the old "unsigned int max_mapnr" in struct disk_dump_header will >>> not be used anymore. But still be there for compatibility purpose. >>> >>> This patch will change the header_version to 6. >>> >>> The corresponding patch for crash utility will be sent out separately. >>> >>> This patch doesn't change sadump_header. >>> Because of in sadump file, there is no any sub-header, it has to change >>> the sadump_header itself. >>> And if do so, will cause backwards-compatibility issue. >>> So it could be a separate patch if needed. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Jingbai Ma <jingbai.ma at hp.com> >>> --- >>> IMPLEMENTATION | 1 + >>> diskdump_mod.h | 5 ++++- >>> makedumpfile.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------ >>> 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/IMPLEMENTATION b/IMPLEMENTATION >>> index f0f3135..d576811 100644 >>> --- a/IMPLEMENTATION >>> +++ b/IMPLEMENTATION >>> @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ >>> unsigned long size_note; /* header_version 4 and later */ >>> off_t offset_eraseinfo; /* header_version 5 and later */ >>> unsigned long size_eraseinfo; /* header_version 5 and later */ >>> + unsigned long max_mapnr; /* header_version 6 and later */ >> >> x86 PAE mode can represents 52-bit physical addresses and so 40-bit >> physical >> page frames. On x86_32 unsigned long has 32-bit length only. So, you should >> define max_mapnr as unsigned long long. >> > > Good catch, I forgot x86 PAE mode also may exceed 32-bit length. > Will fix it. > Though perhaps you've already noticed, both start_pfn and end_pfn in kdump sub header have 32-bit length on x86_32. These need to be extended to 64-bit length, too. /* * Sub header for KDUMP * But Common header of KDUMP is disk_dump_header of diskdump. */ struct kdump_sub_header { unsigned long phys_base; int dump_level; /* header_version 1 and later */ int split; /* header_version 2 and later */ unsigned long start_pfn; /* header_version 2 and later */ unsigned long end_pfn; /* header_version 2 and later */ off_t offset_vmcoreinfo;/* header_version 3 and later */ unsigned long size_vmcoreinfo; /* header_version 3 and later */ off_t offset_note; /* header_version 4 and later */ unsigned long size_note; /* header_version 4 and later */ off_t offset_eraseinfo; /* header_version 5 and later */ unsigned long size_eraseinfo; /* header_version 5 and later */ }; -- Thanks. HATAYAMA, Daisuke
