Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 5 authors, 2013-07-26

Re: [PATCH] module: ppc64 module CRC relocation fix causes perf issues

From: Anton Blanchard <hidden>
Date: 2013-07-26 01:19:30
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Hi Neil,
Sorry I'm a bit late to the thread, I've ben swamped.  Has someone
tested this with kexec/kdump?  Thats why the origional patch was
created, because when kexec loads the kernel at a different physical
address, the relocations messed with the module crc's, and modules
couldn't load during the kexec boot.  Assuming that kernaddr_start
gets set appropriately during boot, using PHYSICAL_START should be
fine, but I wanted to check, and don't currently have access to a
powerpc system to do so. Neil
I tested a relocatable kernel forced to run at a non zero physical
address (ie basically kdump). I verified CRCs were bad with your
original patch backed out, and were good with this patch applied.

Anton
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