From: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com> To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>, linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org> Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@linux.ibm.com>, Mahesh J Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.ibm.com>, Vasant Hegde <hegdevasant@linux.ibm.com>, Oliver <oohall@gmail.com>, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>, Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 21/31] powernv/fadump: process architected register state data provided by firmware Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 18:53:20 +0530 Message-ID: <b7c46267-92d8-9202-b657-7cb8e37451fe@linux.ibm.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <87sgpcp80n.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au> On 04/09/19 5:50 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: > Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com> writes: > [...] >> +/* >> + * CPU state data is provided by f/w. Below are the definitions >> + * provided in HDAT spec. Refer to latest HDAT specification for >> + * any update to this format. >> + */ > > How is this meant to work? If HDAT ever changes the format they will > break all existing kernels in the field. > >> +#define HDAT_FADUMP_CPU_DATA_VERSION 1 Changes are not expected here. But this is just to cover for such scenario, if that ever happens. Also, I think it is a bit far-fetched to error out if versions mismatch. Warning and proceeding sounds worthier because the changes are usually backward compatible, if and when there are any. Will update accordingly... - Hari
next prev parent reply index Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2019-08-20 12:04 [PATCH v5 00/31] Add FADump support on PowerNV platform Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:04 ` [PATCH v5 01/31] powerpc/fadump: move internal macros/definitions to a new header Hari Bathini 2019-09-03 11:09 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-03 16:05 ` Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:04 ` [PATCH v5 02/31] powerpc/fadump: move internal code to a new file Hari Bathini 2019-09-03 11:09 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-03 16:05 ` Hari Bathini 2019-09-04 9:02 ` Mahesh Jagannath Salgaonkar 2019-09-04 18:26 ` Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:04 ` [PATCH v5 03/31] powerpc/fadump: Improve fadump documentation Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:04 ` [PATCH v5 04/31] pseries/fadump: move rtas specific definitions to platform code Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:04 ` [PATCH v5 05/31] pseries/fadump: introduce callbacks for platform specific operations Hari Bathini 2019-09-03 11:10 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-03 16:06 ` Hari Bathini 2019-09-06 6:39 ` Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:04 ` [PATCH v5 06/31] pseries/fadump: define register/un-register callback functions Hari Bathini 2019-09-03 11:10 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-03 17:15 ` Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:04 ` [PATCH v5 07/31] powerpc/fadump: release all the memory above boot memory size Hari Bathini 2019-09-03 11:10 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-03 16:27 ` Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:05 ` [PATCH v5 08/31] pseries/fadump: move out platform specific support from generic code Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:05 ` [PATCH v5 09/31] powerpc/fadump: use FADump instead of fadump for how it is pronounced Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:05 ` [PATCH v5 10/31] opal: add MPIPL interface definitions Hari Bathini 2019-09-03 11:10 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-03 16:28 ` Hari Bathini 2019-09-04 11:03 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-04 11:05 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-08-20 12:05 ` [PATCH v5 11/31] powernv/fadump: add fadump support on powernv Hari Bathini 2019-09-03 11:10 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-03 16:31 ` Hari Bathini 2019-09-04 14:33 ` Hari Bathini 2019-09-05 3:11 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-08-20 12:05 ` [PATCH v5 12/31] powernv/fadump: register kernel metadata address with opal Hari Bathini 2019-09-04 11:25 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-08-20 12:05 ` [PATCH v5 13/31] powernv/fadump: reset metadata address during clean up Hari Bathini 2019-08-27 12:00 ` Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:05 ` [PATCH v5 14/31] powernv/fadump: define register/un-register callback functions Hari Bathini 2019-09-05 4:15 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-05 7:23 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-05 9:54 ` Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:05 ` [PATCH v5 15/31] powernv/fadump: support copying multiple kernel boot memory regions Hari Bathini 2019-09-04 11:30 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-04 20:20 ` Hari Bathini 2019-09-05 3:13 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-08-20 12:06 ` [PATCH v5 16/31] powernv/fadump: process the crashdump by exporting it as /proc/vmcore Hari Bathini 2019-09-04 11:42 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-04 21:01 ` Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:06 ` [PATCH v5 17/31] powernv/fadump: Warn before processing partial crashdump Hari Bathini 2019-09-04 11:48 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-08-20 12:06 ` [PATCH v5 18/31] powernv/fadump: handle invalidation of crashdump and re-registraion Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:06 ` [PATCH v5 19/31] powerpc/fadump: Update documentation about OPAL platform support Hari Bathini 2019-09-04 11:51 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-04 12:08 ` Oliver O'Halloran 2019-09-05 3:15 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-08-20 12:06 ` [PATCH v5 20/31] powerpc/fadump: use smaller offset while finding memory for reservation Hari Bathini 2019-09-04 11:54 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-08-20 12:06 ` [PATCH v5 21/31] powernv/fadump: process architected register state data provided by firmware Hari Bathini 2019-09-04 12:20 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-09 13:23 ` Hari Bathini [this message] 2019-09-09 15:33 ` Oliver O'Halloran 2019-09-10 8:48 ` Hari Bathini 2019-09-10 14:05 ` Michael Ellerman 2019-09-10 16:10 ` Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:06 ` [PATCH v5 22/31] powerpc/fadump: make crash memory ranges array allocation generic Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:06 ` [PATCH v5 23/31] powerpc/fadump: consider reserved ranges while releasing memory Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:07 ` [PATCH v5 24/31] powerpc/fadump: improve how crashed kernel's memory is reserved Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:07 ` [PATCH v5 25/31] powernv/fadump: add support to preserve crash data on FADUMP disabled kernel Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:07 ` [PATCH v5 26/31] powerpc/fadump: update documentation about CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:07 ` [PATCH v5 27/31] powernv/opalcore: export /sys/firmware/opal/core for analysing opal crashes Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:07 ` [PATCH v5 28/31] powernv/opalcore: provide an option to invalidate /sys/firmware/opal/core file Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:07 ` [PATCH v5 29/31] powerpc/fadump: consider f/w load area Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:07 ` [PATCH v5 30/31] powernv/fadump: update documentation about option to release opalcore Hari Bathini 2019-08-20 12:07 ` [PATCH v5 31/31] powernv/fadump: support holes in kernel boot memory area Hari Bathini
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