Subject: [merged] documentation-kdump-kdumptxt-remove-dev-oldmem-description.patch removed from -mm tree To: zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,dave@xxxxxxxx,ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx,fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx,heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx,holzheu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,hpa@xxxxxxxxx,matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx,paulus@xxxxxxxxx,ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx,tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx,vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx,mm-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:36:19 -0700 The patch titled Subject: Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt: remove /dev/oldmem description has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was documentation-kdump-kdumptxt-remove-dev-oldmem-description.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt: remove /dev/oldmem description Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 31 ++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff -puN Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt~documentation-kdump-kdumptxt-remove-dev-oldmem-description Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt~documentation-kdump-kdumptxt-remove-dev-oldmem-description +++ a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt @@ -47,19 +47,12 @@ parameter. Optionally the size of the EL when using the elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] syntax. -With the dump-capture kernel, you can access the memory image, or "old -memory," in two ways: - -- Through a /dev/oldmem device interface. A capture utility can read the - device file and write out the memory in raw format. This is a raw dump - of memory. Analysis and capture tools must be intelligent enough to - determine where to look for the right information. - -- Through /proc/vmcore. This exports the dump as an ELF-format file that - you can write out using file copy commands such as cp or scp. Further, - you can use analysis tools such as the GNU Debugger (GDB) and the Crash - tool to debug the dump file. This method ensures that the dump pages are - correctly ordered. +With the dump-capture kernel, you can access the memory image through +/proc/vmcore. This exports the dump as an ELF-format file that you can +write out using file copy commands such as cp or scp. Further, you can +use analysis tools such as the GNU Debugger (GDB) and the Crash tool to +debug the dump file. This method ensures that the dump pages are correctly +ordered. Setup and Installation @@ -423,18 +416,6 @@ the following command: cp /proc/vmcore <dump-file> -You can also access dumped memory as a /dev/oldmem device for a linear -and raw view. To create the device, use the following command: - - mknod /dev/oldmem c 1 12 - -Use the dd command with suitable options for count, bs, and skip to -access specific portions of the dump. - -To see the entire memory, use the following command: - - dd if=/dev/oldmem of=oldmem.001 - Analysis ======== _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch mm-remove-duplicated-call-of-get_pfn_range_for_nid.patch mm-remove-duplicated-call-of-get_pfn_range_for_nid-v2.patch mm-remove-duplicated-call-of-get_pfn_range_for_nid-v2-fix.patch mm-vmallocc-unbreak-__vunmap.patch mm-vmallocc-remove-dead-code-in-vb_alloc.patch mm-vmallocc-remove-unused-purge_fragmented_blocks_thiscpu.patch mm-vmallocc-remove-alloc_map-from-vmap_block.patch mm-vmallocc-emit-the-failure-message-before-return.patch mm-vmallocc-rename-vm_unlist-to-vm_uninitialized.patch mm-vmallocc-check-vm_uninitialized-flag-in-s_show-instead-of-show_numa_info.patch include-linux-gfph-fix-the-comment-for-gfp_zone_table.patch mm-remove-zone_type-argument-of-build_zonelists_node.patch mm-remove-unused-functions-is_normal_idx-normal-dma32-dma.patch mm-remove-unlikely-from-the-current_order-test.patch mm-remove-unused-__put_page.patch mm-sparsec-put-clear_hwpoisoned_pages-within-config_memory_hotremove.patch mm-pgtable-dont-accumulate-addr-during-pgd-prepopulate-pmd.patch mm-vmallocc-fix-an-overflow-bug-in-alloc_vmap_area.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html