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

From: Baoquan He
Date: Fri Jan 08 2021 - 03:49:56 EST


On 01/08/21 at 09:12am, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 08, 2021 at 11:32:48AM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> > 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").
> >
> > This patch is merged into 5.11-rc1, but we met the makedumpfile failure
> > of kdump test case in 5.10.0 kernel. Should affect 5.9 too since
> > commit 9a56493f6942 is merged into 5.9-rc2.
> >
> > Below tag and CC should have been added into patch when posted.
> >
> > Fixes: commit 9a56493f6942 ("uts: Use generic ns_common::count")
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > Do we still have chance to make it added into stable?
>
> Sure, what is the git commit id of this patch in Linus's tree?

This commit:

ca4a9241cc5e kdump: append uts_namespace.name offset to VMCOREINFO

>
> In the future, please read:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> for how to do this properly.

Sure, will do as the doc said in the future, thanks a lot for the
pointer.

Thanks
Baoquan