linux_dsm_epyc7002/arch/x86
Xunlei Pang 203e9e4121 kexec: move vmcoreinfo out of the kernel's .bss section
As Eric said,
 "what we need to do is move the variable vmcoreinfo_note out of the
  kernel's .bss section. And modify the code to regenerate and keep this
  information in something like the control page.

  Definitely something like this needs a page all to itself, and ideally
  far away from any other kernel data structures. I clearly was not
  watching closely the data someone decided to keep this silly thing in
  the kernel's .bss section."

This patch allocates extra pages for these vmcoreinfo_XXX variables, one
advantage is that it enhances some safety of vmcoreinfo, because
vmcoreinfo now is kept far away from other kernel data structures.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1493281021-20737-1-git-send-email-xlpang@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Xunlei Pang <xlpang@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Suggested-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-07-12 16:25:59 -07:00
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boot Merge branch 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-03 14:45:09 -07:00
configs Merge branch 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-05-01 20:51:12 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2017-07-05 12:22:23 -07:00
entry Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.armlinux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm 2017-07-08 12:17:25 -07:00
events Merge branch 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-03 18:08:06 -07:00
hyperv char/misc patches for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-04 19:15:35 -07:00
ia32 sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task_stack.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:36 +01:00
include binfmt_elf: use ELF_ET_DYN_BASE only for PIE 2017-07-10 16:32:36 -07:00
kernel kexec: move vmcoreinfo out of the kernel's .bss section 2017-07-12 16:25:59 -07:00
kvm PPC: 2017-07-06 18:38:31 -07:00
lguest Merge branch 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-05-01 20:51:12 -07:00
lib libnvdimm for 4.13 2017-07-07 09:44:06 -07:00
math-emu x86/ldt: Rename ldt_struct::size to ::nr_entries 2017-06-08 09:28:21 +02:00
mm x86/kasan: don't allocate extra shadow memory 2017-07-10 16:32:33 -07:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2017-07-05 12:31:59 -07:00
oprofile
pci pci-v4.13-changes 2017-07-08 15:51:57 -07:00
platform x86/platform/uv/BAU: Minor cleanup, make some local functions static 2017-07-04 15:52:37 +02:00
power x86/boot/e820: Introduce the bootloader provided e820_table_firmware[] table 2017-07-05 10:09:02 +02:00
purgatory kasan: do not sanitize kexec purgatory 2017-03-31 17:13:30 -07:00
ras x86/mce: Merge mce_amd_inj into mce-inject 2017-06-14 07:32:07 +02:00
realmode x86/boot/64: Rename init_level4_pgt and early_level4_pgt 2017-06-13 08:56:55 +02:00
tools
um x86/um: thin archives build fix 2017-06-30 09:03:05 +09:00
video
xen kexec: move vmcoreinfo out of the kernel's .bss section 2017-07-12 16:25:59 -07:00
.gitignore
Kbuild Drivers: hv vmbus: Move Hypercall page setup out of common code 2017-01-19 11:42:07 +01:00
Kconfig powerpc updates for 4.13 2017-07-07 13:55:45 -07:00
Kconfig.cpu
Kconfig.debug usb/early: Add driver for xhci debug capability 2017-03-21 12:30:05 +01:00
Makefile Kbuild updates for v4.13 2017-07-07 14:09:24 -07:00
Makefile_32.cpu kbuild: remove cc-option-align 2017-06-25 12:43:00 +09:00
Makefile.um