[PATCH v2 0/3] powerpc/fadump: pass additional args to dump capture kernel

Michael Ellerman patch-notifications at ellerman.id.au
Mon May 13 23:22:01 AEST 2024


On Thu, 09 May 2024 17:27:52 +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
> While fadump is a more reliable alternative to kdump dump capturing
> method, it doesn't support passing additional parameters. Having
> such support is desirable for two major reasons:
> 
>   1. It helps minimize the memory consumption of fadump dump capture
>      kernel by disabling features that consume considerable amount of
>      memory but have little significance for dump capture environment
>      (eg. numa, cma, cgroup, etc.)
>    2. It helps disable such features/components in dump capture kernel
>       that are unstable and/or are being debugged.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/3] powerpc/pseries/fadump: add support for multiple boot memory regions
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/78d5cc15fb7d1b2683f0baf418a9a870c02319fb
[2/3] powerpc/fadump: setup additional parameters for dump capture kernel
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/683eab94da75bcf55a9c65e0c31d0529edebe86d
[3/3] powerpc/fadump: pass additional parameters when fadump is active
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/3416c9daa6b13c0e2a656d4e2dee8de95f9a38cf

cheers


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