[PATCH v2 2/2] powerpc/crash: Update backup region offset in elfcorehdr on memory hotplug
Sourabh Jain
sourabhjain at linux.ibm.com
Tue Mar 10 00:36:23 AEDT 2026
On 08/03/26 01:43, Aditya Gupta wrote:
> On 26/03/07 10:50AM, Sourabh Jain wrote:
>> <...snip...>
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
>> +/**
>> + * sync_backup_region_phdr - synchronize backup region offset between
>> + * kexec image and ELF core header.
>> + * @image: Kexec image.
>> + * @ehdr: ELF core header.
>> + * @phdr_to_kimage: If true, read the offset from the ELF program header
>> + * and update the kimage backup region. If false, update
>> + * the ELF program header offset from the kimage backup
>> + * region.
> nit: if sending a v4, can we add a comment in 'phdr_to_kimage' description that
> it is true in case of kexec_load and false in kexec_file_load, or maybe a
> different name for the boolean eg 'use_phdr_offset' or simply 'is_kexec_load' ?
I will update the comment and add how this function is called for
kexec_load and kexec_file_load
syscall and keep the function arguments same.
>
> fwiw, part of the commit description mentions problem already fixed by patch 1
>
> Looks good. Tested in pseries qemu.
>
> Reviewed-by: Aditya Gupta <adityag at linux.ibm.com>
Thanks for the review.
- Sourabh Jain
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