2013/5/30 Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 05/30/2013 05:14 PM, Maxim Uvarov wrote:
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> 2013/5/27 HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>> 2013/5/24 Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:akpm@linux-foundation.__org <mailto:akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>
> (2013/05/24 18:02), Maxim Uvarov wrote:
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>This series is now in Andrew Morton's -mm tree.
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> On Thu, 23 May 2013 14:25:48 +0900 HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.__com <mailto:d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
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> > This patch introduces mmap_vmcore().
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> > Don't permit writable nor executable mapping even with mprotect()
> > because this mmap() is aimed at reading crash dump memory.
> > Non-writable mapping is also requirement of remap_pfn_range() when
> > mapping linear pages on non-consecutive physical pages; see
> > is_cow_mapping().
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> > Set VM_MIXEDMAP flag to remap memory by remap_pfn_range and by
> > remap_vmalloc_range_pertial at the same time for a single
> > vma. do_munmap() can correctly clean partially remapped vma with two
> > functions in abnormal case. See zap_pte_range(), vm_normal_page() and
> > their comments for details.
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> > On x86-32 PAE kernels, mmap() supports at most 16TB memory only. This
> > limitation comes from the fact that the third argument of
> > remap_pfn_range(), pfn, is of 32-bit length on x86-32: unsigned long.
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> More reviewing and testing, please.
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> Do you have git pull for both kernel and userland changes? I would like to do some more testing on my machines.
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> Maxim.
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> Thanks! That's very helpful.
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> Thanks.
> HATAYAMA, Daisuke
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> Any update for this? Where can I checkout all sources?
Ok, and what about makedumpfile changes? Is it possible to fetch them from somewhere?
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Thanks.
Zhang Yanfei
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Maxim Uvarov