Re: [PATCH] crash/arm64: Determine vabits_actual value from 'TCR_EL1.T1SZ' value in vmcoreinfo

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



----- Original Message -----
> I have recently sent a kernel patch upstream to add 'TCR_EL1.T1SZ' to
> vmcoreinfo for arm64 (see [0]), instead of VA_BITS_ACTUAL.
> 
> 'crash' can read the 'TCR_EL1.T1SZ' value from vmcoreinfo
> [which indicates the size offset of the memory region addressed by
> TTBR1_EL1] and hence can be used for determining the vabits_actual
> value.

Thanks Bhupesh -- your patch has been queued for crash-7.2.8:

  https://github.com/crash-utility/crash/commit/bfd9a651f9426d86250295ac875d7e33d8de2a97

Dave


> 
> [0].http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2019-November/023962.html
> 
> Cc: Dave Anderson <anderson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Prabhakar Kushwaha <prabhakar.pkin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arm64.c | 13 +++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arm64.c b/arm64.c
> index af7147d24e20..083491331985 100644
> --- a/arm64.c
> +++ b/arm64.c
> @@ -3856,8 +3856,17 @@ arm64_calc_VA_BITS(void)
>  		} else if (ACTIVE())
>  			error(FATAL, "cannot determine VA_BITS_ACTUAL: please use
>  			/proc/kcore\n");
>  		else {
> -			if ((string = pc->read_vmcoreinfo("NUMBER(VA_BITS_ACTUAL)"))) {
> -				value = atol(string);
> +			if ((string = pc->read_vmcoreinfo("NUMBER(tcr_el1_t1sz)"))) {
> +				/* See ARMv8 ARM for the description of
> +				 * TCR_EL1.T1SZ and how it can be used
> +				 * to calculate the vabits_actual
> +				 * supported by underlying kernel.
> +				 *
> +				 * Basically:
> +				 * vabits_actual = 64 - T1SZ;
> +				 */
> +				value = 64 - strtoll(string, NULL, 0);
> +				fprintf(fp,  "vmcoreinfo : vabits_actual: %ld\n", value);
>  				free(string);
>  				machdep->machspec->VA_BITS_ACTUAL = value;
>  				machdep->machspec->VA_BITS = value;
> --
> 2.7.4
> 
> 


_______________________________________________
kexec mailing list
kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec



[Index of Archives]     [LM Sensors]     [Linux Sound]     [ALSA Users]     [ALSA Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Linux Media]     [Kernel]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Media]

  Powered by Linux