kernel-fxtec-pro1x/include/linux/crash_dump.h
Simon Horman 85a0ee342e kdump: add is_vmcore_usable() and vmcore_unusable()
The usage of elfcorehdr_addr has changed recently such that being set to
ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX is used by is_kdump_kernel() to indicate if the code is
executing in a kernel executed as a crash kernel.

However, arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c:reserve_elfcorehdr will rest
elfcorehdr_addr to ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX on error, which means any subsequent
calls to is_kdump_kernel() will return 0, even though they should return
1.

Ok, at this point in time there are no subsequent calls, but I think its
fair to say that there is ample scope for error or at the very least
confusion.

This patch add an extra state, ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR, which indicates that
elfcorehdr_addr was passed on the command line, and thus execution is
taking place in a crashdump kernel, but vmcore can't be used for some
reason.  This is tested for using is_vmcore_usable() and set using
vmcore_unusable().  A subsequent patch makes use of this new code.

To summarise, the states that elfcorehdr_addr can now be in are as follows:

ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX: not a crashdump kernel
ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR: crashdump kernel but vmcore is unusable
any other value:  crash dump kernel and vmcore is usable

Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-10-20 08:52:40 -07:00

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#ifndef LINUX_CRASH_DUMP_H
#define LINUX_CRASH_DUMP_H
#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
#include <linux/kexec.h>
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#define ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX (-1ULL)
#define ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR (-2ULL)
extern unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr;
extern ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long, char *, size_t,
unsigned long, int);
extern const struct file_operations proc_vmcore_operations;
extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_vmcore;
/* Architecture code defines this if there are other possible ELF
* machine types, e.g. on bi-arch capable hardware. */
#ifndef vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross
#define vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross(x) 0
#endif
#define vmcore_elf_check_arch(x) (elf_check_arch(x) || vmcore_elf_check_arch_cross(x))
/*
* is_kdump_kernel() checks whether this kernel is booting after a panic of
* previous kernel or not. This is determined by checking if previous kernel
* has passed the elf core header address on command line.
*
* This is not just a test if CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP is enabled or not. It will
* return 1 if CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y and if kernel is booting after a panic of
* previous kernel.
*/
static inline int is_kdump_kernel(void)
{
return (elfcorehdr_addr != ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX) ? 1 : 0;
}
/* is_vmcore_usable() checks if the kernel is booting after a panic and
* the vmcore region is usable.
*
* This makes use of the fact that due to alignment -2ULL is not
* a valid pointer, much in the vain of IS_ERR(), except
* dealing directly with an unsigned long long rather than a pointer.
*/
static inline int is_vmcore_usable(void)
{
return is_kdump_kernel() && elfcorehdr_addr != ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR ? 1 : 0;
}
/* vmcore_unusable() marks the vmcore as unusable,
* without disturbing the logic of is_kdump_kernel()
*/
static inline void vmcore_unusable(void)
{
if (is_kdump_kernel())
elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR;
}
#else /* !CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP */
static inline int is_kdump_kernel(void) { return 0; }
#endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP */
extern unsigned long saved_max_pfn;
#endif /* LINUX_CRASHDUMP_H */