From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Dave Anderson <anderson@redhat.com>
Cc: Kazuhito Hagio <k-hagio@ab.jp.nec.com>,
Lianbo Jiang <lijiang@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org,
tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, x86@kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, bhe@redhat.com, dyoung@redhat.com,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v6] kdump: add the vmcoreinfo documentation
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 21:35:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190114203500.GU2773@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <221183717.69773903.1547497592624.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com>
On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 03:26:32PM -0500, Dave Anderson wrote:
> No. It needs *both* the vmlinux file and the vmcore file in order to read kernel
> virtual memory, so just having a kernel virtual address is insufficient.
>
> So it's a chicken-and-egg situation. This particular --osrelease option is used
> to determine *what* vmlinux file would be required for an actual crash analysis
> session.
Ok, that makes sense. I could've used that explanation when reviewing
the documentation. Do you mind skimming through this:
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190111145650.GG4729@zn.tnic
in case we've missed explaining relevant usage - like that above - of
some of the vmcoreinfo members?
Thx.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-01-14 20:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-01-10 12:19 [PATCH 0/2 v6] kdump,vmcoreinfo: Export the value of sme mask to vmcoreinfo Lianbo Jiang
2019-01-10 12:19 ` [PATCH 1/2 v6] kdump: add the vmcoreinfo documentation Lianbo Jiang
2019-01-11 12:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-01-14 1:52 ` lijiang
2019-01-14 9:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-01-14 17:48 ` Kazuhito Hagio
2019-01-14 18:01 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-01-14 18:58 ` Dave Anderson
2019-01-14 19:21 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-01-14 19:36 ` Dave Anderson
2019-01-14 19:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-01-14 20:07 ` Dave Anderson
2019-01-14 20:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-01-14 20:26 ` Dave Anderson
2019-01-14 20:35 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2019-01-14 20:49 ` Dave Anderson
2019-01-15 10:06 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-01-15 11:00 ` lijiang
2019-01-11 14:56 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-01-14 5:30 ` lijiang
2019-01-14 9:15 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-01-15 9:41 ` lijiang
2019-01-10 12:19 ` [PATCH 2/2 v6] kdump,vmcoreinfo: Export the value of sme mask to vmcoreinfo Lianbo Jiang
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