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

[Sourabh Jain]

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@linux.ibm.com/
>>    - 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.


Thanks,
Sourabh Jain