Subject: + kdump-add-sys-kernel-vmcoreinfo-abi-documentation.patch added to -mm tree
To: vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx,da-x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,greg@xxxxxxxxx,oomichi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:32:51 -0800
The patch titled
Subject: kdump: add /sys/kernel/vmcoreinfo ABI documentation
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kdump-add-sys-kernel-vmcoreinfo-abi-documentation.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kdump-add-sys-kernel-vmcoreinfo-abi-documentation.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kdump-add-sys-kernel-vmcoreinfo-abi-documentation.patch
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From: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kdump: add /sys/kernel/vmcoreinfo ABI documentation
/sys/kernel/vmcoreinfo was introduced long back but there is no ABI
documentation. This patch adds the documentation.
Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ken'ichi Ohmichi <oomichi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Aloni <da-x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-vmcoreinfo | 14 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff -puN /dev/null Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-vmcoreinfo
--- /dev/null
+++ a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-vmcoreinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+What: /sys/kernel/vmcoreinfo
+Date: October 2007
+KernelVersion: 2.6.24
+Contact: Ken'ichi Ohmichi <oomichi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+ Kexec Mailing List <kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+ Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
+Description
+ Shows physical address and size of vmcoreinfo ELF note.
+ First value contains physical address of note in hex and
+ second value contains the size of note in hex. This ELF
+ note info is parsed by second kernel and exported to user
+ space as part of ELF note in /proc/vmcore file. This note
+ contains various information like struct size, symbol
+ values, page size etc.
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
kexec-add-sysctl-to-disable-kexec_load.patch
kdump-fix-exported-size-of-vmcoreinfo-note.patch
kdump-add-sys-kernel-vmcoreinfo-abi-documentation.patch
linux-next.patch
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