* [PATCH] kdump: print a message in case crashkernel size parsing resulted in zero bytes
@ 2017-11-13 5:43 Dave Young
2017-11-13 8:49 ` Bhupesh Sharma
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From: Dave Young @ 2017-11-13 5:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kexec; +Cc: akpm, vgoyal, bhe
In parse_crashkernel_mem, it silently return in case we get zero
bytes in the parsing function. It is useful for debugging for
adding a warning message especially sometimes kernel can not boot
up correctly.
Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
---
kernel/crash_core.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- linux-x86.orig/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ linux-x86/kernel/crash_core.c
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ static int __init parse_crashkernel_mem(
return -EINVAL;
}
}
- }
+ } else
+ pr_warn("crashkernel size resulted in zero bytes\n");
return 0;
}
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* [PATCH] kdump: print a message in case crashkernel size parsing resulted in zero bytes
2017-11-13 5:43 [PATCH] kdump: print a message in case crashkernel size parsing resulted in zero bytes Dave Young
@ 2017-11-13 8:49 ` Bhupesh Sharma
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From: Bhupesh Sharma @ 2017-11-13 8:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-arm-kernel
Hi Dave,
Cc: arm kernel mailing list for wider distribution
On 11/13/2017 11:13 AM, Dave Young wrote:
> In parse_crashkernel_mem, it silently return in case we get zero
> bytes in the parsing function. It is useful for debugging for
> adding a warning message especially sometimes kernel can not boot
> up correctly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
> ---
> kernel/crash_core.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- linux-x86.orig/kernel/crash_core.c
> +++ linux-x86/kernel/crash_core.c
> @@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ static int __init parse_crashkernel_mem(
> return -EINVAL;
> }
> }
> - }
> + } else
> + pr_warn("crashkernel size resulted in zero bytes\n");
>
> return 0;
> }
>
This is a useful change as finding this debug message in the boot logs allows better debug of crashkernel related issues.
However I have one minor point:
- The comment above 'parse_crashkernel_mem' currently mentions:
* The function returns 0 on success and -EINVAL on failure.
*/
- I am wondering if we hit the WARNING case where the crashkernel size resulted in 0 bytes, then should we still be returning 0 from this function. Or, should this be replaced with 'return -EINVAL'.
- If not, can we atleast update the comment above this function to better document the return values and where having a 'return 0' should be ok, even if crashkernel size resulted in 0 bytes.
Regards,
Bhupesh
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* Re: [PATCH] kdump: print a message in case crashkernel size parsing resulted in zero bytes
@ 2017-11-13 8:49 ` Bhupesh Sharma
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Bhupesh Sharma @ 2017-11-13 8:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dave Young; +Cc: linux-arm-kernel, akpm, kexec, bhe, vgoyal
Hi Dave,
Cc: arm kernel mailing list for wider distribution
On 11/13/2017 11:13 AM, Dave Young wrote:
> In parse_crashkernel_mem, it silently return in case we get zero
> bytes in the parsing function. It is useful for debugging for
> adding a warning message especially sometimes kernel can not boot
> up correctly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
> ---
> kernel/crash_core.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- linux-x86.orig/kernel/crash_core.c
> +++ linux-x86/kernel/crash_core.c
> @@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ static int __init parse_crashkernel_mem(
> return -EINVAL;
> }
> }
> - }
> + } else
> + pr_warn("crashkernel size resulted in zero bytes\n");
>
> return 0;
> }
>
This is a useful change as finding this debug message in the boot logs allows better debug of crashkernel related issues.
However I have one minor point:
- The comment above 'parse_crashkernel_mem' currently mentions:
* The function returns 0 on success and -EINVAL on failure.
*/
- I am wondering if we hit the WARNING case where the crashkernel size resulted in 0 bytes, then should we still be returning 0 from this function. Or, should this be replaced with 'return -EINVAL'.
- If not, can we atleast update the comment above this function to better document the return values and where having a 'return 0' should be ok, even if crashkernel size resulted in 0 bytes.
Regards,
Bhupesh
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