Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 3 authors, 2024-08-27

Re: [PATCH] arm64/vmcore: Add pgtable_l5_enabled information in vmcoreinfo

From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Date: 2024-08-27 12:25:05
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On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 02:52:02PM +0800, Kuan-Ying Lee wrote:
Since arm64 supports 5-level page tables, we need to add this
information to vmcoreinfo to make debug tools know if 5-level
page table is enabled or not.

Missing this information will break the debug tool like crash [1].

[1] https://github.com/crash-utility/crash

Signed-off-by: Kuan-Ying Lee <redacted>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst | 6 ++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/vmcore_info.c                | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
In which case, wouldn't you also want to know about pgtable_l4_enabled()?

Will
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