Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] kdump: append uts_namespace.name offset to VMCOREINFO

From: Baoquan He
Date: Mon Oct 19 2020 - 22:29:16 EST


On 09/30/20 at 12:23pm, Alexander Egorenkov wrote:
> The offset of the field 'init_uts_ns.name' has changed
> since commit 9a56493f6942 ("uts: Use generic ns_common::count").
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/159644978167.604812.1773586504374412107.stgit@localhost.localdomain
>
> Make the offset of the field 'uts_namespace.name' available
> in VMCOREINFO because tools like 'crash-utility' and
> 'makedumpfile' must be able to read it from crash dumps.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Egorenkov <egorenar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Ack, thanks.

Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>
> v2 -> v3:
> * Added documentation to vmcoreinfo.rst
> * Use the short form of the commit reference
>
> v1 -> v2:
> * Improved commit message
> * Added link to the discussion of the uts namespace changes
>
> Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst | 6 ++++++
> kernel/crash_core.c | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst
> index e44a6c01f336..3861a25faae1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst
> @@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ call.
> User-space tools can get the kernel name, host name, kernel release
> number, kernel version, architecture name and OS type from it.
>
> +(uts_namespace, name)
> +---------------------
> +
> +Offset of the name's member. Crash Utility and Makedumpfile get
> +the start address of the init_uts_ns.name from this.
> +
> node_online_map
> ---------------
>
> diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
> index 106e4500fd53..173fdc261882 100644
> --- a/kernel/crash_core.c
> +++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
> @@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ static int __init crash_save_vmcoreinfo_init(void)
> VMCOREINFO_PAGESIZE(PAGE_SIZE);
>
> VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(init_uts_ns);
> + VMCOREINFO_OFFSET(uts_namespace, name);
> VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(node_online_map);
> #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL_ARRAY(swapper_pg_dir);
> --
> 2.26.2
>