Re: [PATCH] arm64/vmcore: Add pgtable_l5_enabled information in vmcoreinfo

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On 08/27/24 at 01:24pm, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 02:52:02PM +0800, Kuan-Ying Lee wrote:
> > Since arm64 supports 5-level page tables, we need to add this
> > information to vmcoreinfo to make debug tools know if 5-level
> > page table is enabled or not.
> > 
> > Missing this information will break the debug tool like crash [1].
> > 
> > [1] https://github.com/crash-utility/crash
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kuan-Ying Lee <kuan-ying.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst | 6 ++++++
> >  arch/arm64/kernel/vmcore_info.c                | 3 +++
> >  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> In which case, wouldn't you also want to know about pgtable_l4_enabled()?

That is a good question. I guess it's deduced in code, mostly needed for
different PAGE_OFFSET, how to transfer virtual addr to physical addr,
etc.

Add Crash utility experts here.


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