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>
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@ -509,11 +509,11 @@ int __init reserve_elfcorehdr(unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end)
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* to work properly.
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*/
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if (elfcorehdr_addr >= ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX)
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if (!is_vmcore_usable())
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return -EINVAL;
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if ((length = vmcore_find_descriptor_size(elfcorehdr_addr)) == 0) {
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elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX;
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vmcore_unusable();
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return -EINVAL;
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}
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@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ static int __init vmcore_init(void)
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int rc = 0;
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/* If elfcorehdr= has been passed in cmdline, then capture the dump.*/
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if (!(elfcorehdr_addr < ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX))
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if (!(is_vmcore_usable()))
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return rc;
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rc = parse_crash_elf_headers();
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if (rc) {
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#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
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#define ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX (-1ULL)
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#define ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR (-2ULL)
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extern unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr;
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{
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return (elfcorehdr_addr != ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX) ? 1 : 0;
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}
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/* is_vmcore_usable() checks if the kernel is booting after a panic and
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* the vmcore region is usable.
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*
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* This makes use of the fact that due to alignment -2ULL is not
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* a valid pointer, much in the vain of IS_ERR(), except
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* dealing directly with an unsigned long long rather than a pointer.
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*/
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static inline int is_vmcore_usable(void)
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{
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return is_kdump_kernel() && elfcorehdr_addr != ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR ? 1 : 0;
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}
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/* vmcore_unusable() marks the vmcore as unusable,
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* without disturbing the logic of is_kdump_kernel()
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*/
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static inline void vmcore_unusable(void)
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{
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if (is_kdump_kernel())
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elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR;
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}
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#else /* !CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP */
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static inline int is_kdump_kernel(void) { return 0; }
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#endif /* CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP */
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