Re: [PATCH v2] Document/kexec: Generalize crash hotplug description

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On 08/13/24 at 10:58am, Sourabh Jain wrote:
> Hello Baoquan,
> 
> On 13/08/24 10:34, Baoquan He wrote:
> > On 08/12/24 at 09:46am, Sourabh Jain wrote:
> > ......
> > > ---
> > > 
> > > Changelog:
> > > 
> > > Since v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240805050829.297171-1-sourabhjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > >    - Update crash_hotplug sysfs document as suggested by Petr T
> > >    - Update an error message in crash_handle_hotplug_event and
> > >      crash_check_hotplug_support function.
> > > 
> > > ---
> > ......
> > > diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
> > > index 63cf89393c6e..c1048893f4b6 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/crash_core.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
> > > @@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ int crash_check_hotplug_support(void)
> > >   	crash_hotplug_lock();
> > >   	/* Obtain lock while reading crash information */
> > >   	if (!kexec_trylock()) {
> > > -		pr_info("kexec_trylock() failed, elfcorehdr may be inaccurate\n");
> > > +		pr_info("kexec_trylock() failed, kdump image may be inaccurate\n");
> > Wondering why this need be updated.
> 
> In some architectures, additional kexec segments become obsolete during a
> hotplug event,
> so simply calling out the `elfcorehdr may be inaccurate` may not be
> sufficient.
> Therefore, it has been generalized with the kdump image.

OK, I forgot the case in ppc, makes sense to me, thx.

Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>


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