kernel_optimize_test/kernel
Baoquan He 401721ecd1 kexec: export the value of phys_base instead of symbol address
Currently in x86_64, the symbol address of phys_base is exported to
vmcoreinfo.  Dave Anderson complained this is really useless for his
Crash implementation.  Because in user-space utility Crash and
Makedumpfile which exported vmcore information is mainly used for, value
of phys_base is needed to covert virtual address of exported kernel
symbol to physical address.  Especially init_level4_pgt, if we want to
access and go over the page table to look up a PA corresponding to VA,
firstly we need calculate

  page_dir = SYMBOL(init_level4_pgt) - __START_KERNEL_map + phys_base;

Now in Crash and Makedumpfile, we have to analyze the vmcore elf program
header to get value of phys_base.  As Dave said, it would be preferable
if it were readily availabl in vmcoreinfo rather than depending upon the
PT_LOAD semantics.

Hence in this patch change to export the value of phys_base instead of
its virtual address.

And people also complained that KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE exporting is x86_64
only, should be moved into arch dependent function
arch_crash_save_vmcoreinfo.  Do the moving in this patch.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1478568596-30060-2-git-send-email-bhe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@google.com>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Xunlei Pang <xlpang@redhat.com>
Cc: HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Eugene Surovegin <surovegin@google.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
Cc: Atsushi Kumagai <ats-kumagai@wm.jp.nec.com>
Cc: Dave Anderson <anderson@redhat.com>
Cc: Pratyush Anand <panand@redhat.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-12-14 16:04:07 -08:00
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bpf bpf: xdp: Allow head adjustment in XDP prog 2016-12-08 14:25:13 -05:00
configs config: android: enable CONFIG_SECCOMP 2016-10-11 15:06:32 -07:00
debug printk/kdb: handle more message headers 2016-12-12 18:55:09 -08:00
events Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2016-12-10 16:21:55 -05:00
gcov
irq Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-12 20:23:11 -08:00
livepatch
locking Merge branch 'linus' into locking/core, to pick up fixes 2016-12-11 13:07:13 +01:00
power Merge branch 'for-4.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2016-12-13 12:59:57 -08:00
printk Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2016-12-12 20:50:02 -08:00
rcu rcu: Don't kick unless grace period or request 2016-11-14 10:46:31 -08:00
sched Power management material for v4.10-rc1 2016-12-13 10:41:53 -08:00
time Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-12 19:56:15 -08:00
trace Merge branch 'for-4.10/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2016-12-13 10:19:16 -08:00
.gitignore
acct.c
async.c
audit_fsnotify.c
audit_tree.c
audit_watch.c
audit.c audit: remove useless synchronize_net() 2016-12-01 11:29:02 -05:00
audit.h
auditfilter.c
auditsc.c Merge branch 'stable-4.9' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2016-10-04 14:21:41 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroup_pids.c
cgroup.c cgroup: add support for eBPF programs 2016-11-25 16:25:52 -05:00
compat.c posix-timers: Make them configurable 2016-11-16 09:26:35 +01:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c hotplug: Make register and unregister notifier API symmetric 2016-12-08 10:08:41 +01:00
cpuset.c Merge branch 'for-4.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2016-10-14 12:18:50 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-12 19:56:15 -08:00
extable.c
fork.c Power management material for v4.10-rc1 2016-12-13 10:41:53 -08:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c
futex.c sched/wake_q: Rename WAKE_Q to DEFINE_WAKE_Q 2016-11-21 10:29:01 +01:00
groups.c cred: simpler, 1D supplementary groups 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
hung_task.c hung_task: decrement sysctl_hung_task_warnings only if it is positive 2016-12-12 18:55:09 -08:00
irq_work.c
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/mutex: Allow MUTEX_SPIN_ON_OWNER when DEBUG_MUTEXES 2016-10-25 11:31:51 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: add missing #include <linux/sched.h> 2016-12-07 17:10:00 -08:00
kexec_core.c kexec: export the value of phys_base instead of symbol address 2016-12-14 16:04:07 -08:00
kexec_file.c
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c
kmod.c
kprobes.c kprobes: include <asm/sections.h> instead of <asm-generic/sections.h> 2016-10-11 15:06:31 -07:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kthread: add __printf attributes 2016-12-12 18:55:06 -08:00
latencytop.c
Makefile
membarrier.c
memremap.c
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c Re-enable CONFIG_MODVERSIONS in a slightly weaker form 2016-11-29 16:01:30 -08:00
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c padata: Convert to hotplug state machine 2016-09-19 21:44:30 +02:00
panic.c x86/panic: replace smp_send_stop() with kdump friendly version in panic path 2016-10-11 15:06:32 -07:00
params.c
pid_namespace.c Merge branch 'nsfs-ioctls' into HEAD 2016-09-22 20:00:36 -05:00
pid.c
profile.c
ptrace.c mm: replace access_process_vm() write parameter with gup_flags 2016-10-19 08:31:25 -07:00
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c relay: Use irq_work instead of plain timer for deferred wakeup 2016-10-11 15:06:32 -07:00
resource.c
seccomp.c bpf: drop unnecessary context cast from BPF_PROG_RUN 2016-11-27 20:38:47 -05:00
signal.c signals: avoid unnecessary taking of sighand->siglock 2016-12-14 16:04:07 -08:00
smp.c kernel/smp: Tell the user we're bringing up secondary CPUs 2016-10-26 12:02:35 +02:00
smpboot.c kthread/smpboot: do not park in kthread_create_on_cpu() 2016-10-11 15:06:33 -07:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c softirq: Display IRQ_POLL for irq-poll statistics 2016-10-21 15:45:47 -06:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c locking/core, stop_machine: Yield the CPU during stop machine() 2016-11-16 10:15:09 +01:00
sys_ni.c x86/pkeys: Fix pkeys build breakage for some non-x86 arches 2016-09-13 14:41:36 +02:00
sys.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2016-12-12 20:50:02 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c
sysctl.c coredump: clarify "unsafe core_pattern" warning 2016-12-14 16:04:07 -08:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2016-11-15 10:54:36 -05:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
ucount.c
uid16.c cred: simpler, 1D supplementary groups 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
up.c
user_namespace.c Merge branch 'nsfs-ioctls' into HEAD 2016-09-22 20:00:36 -05:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c Merge branch 'nsfs-ioctls' into HEAD 2016-09-22 20:00:36 -05:00
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog: use nmi registers snapshot in hardlockup handler 2016-12-14 16:04:07 -08:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c Merge branch 'for-4.9' into for-4.10 2016-10-19 12:12:40 -04:00