-----Original Message-----
> Kernel commit 5c83511bdb9832c86be20fb86b783356e2f58062 removed
> pv_init_ops, and later commit 054ac8ad5ebe4a69e1f0e842483821ddbe560121
> removed the Xen-specific paravirt patch function. As a result, pvops Xen
> dumps are no longer recognized as Xen dumps, and virtual-to-physical
> translation fails.
> 
> Use the value of xen_start_info to determine whether the kernel is
> running in Xen PV mode. This pointer is set during the initialization of
> a PV domain. Kudos to Juergen Gross, who suggested this check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Tesarik <[email protected]>

Thank you, the patch looks good to me.

Acked-by: Kazuhito Hagio <[email protected]>

Lianbo, the patch needs some space adjustment to apply, here is a
modified patch:
https://github.com/k-hagio/crash/commit/a7d5cd4169a994b1faa1f646c149d1f54e9dfefd.patch

Kazu

> ---
>   kernel.c |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>   1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c
> index e123f76..36fdea2 100644
> --- a/kernel.c
> +++ b/kernel.c
> @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ static ulong __dump_audit(char *);
>   static void dump_audit(void);
>   static char *vmcoreinfo_read_string(const char *);
>   static void check_vmcoreinfo(void);
> +static int is_pvops_xen(void);
> 
> 
>   /*
> @@ -109,7 +110,6 @@ kernel_init()
>       char *rqstruct;
>       char *rq_timestamp_name = NULL;
>       char *irq_desc_type_name;
> -     ulong pv_init_ops;
>       struct gnu_request req;
> 
>       if (pc->flags & KERNEL_DEBUG_QUERY)
> @@ -169,11 +169,7 @@ kernel_init()
>                               error(FATAL, "cannot malloc m2p page.");
>       }
> 
> -     if (PVOPS() && symbol_exists("pv_init_ops") &&
> -         readmem(symbol_value("pv_init_ops"), KVADDR, &pv_init_ops,
> -         sizeof(void *), "pv_init_ops", RETURN_ON_ERROR) &&
> -         ((p1 = value_symbol(pv_init_ops)) &&
> -         (STREQ(p1, "xen_patch") || STREQ(p1, "paravirt_patch_default")))) {
> +     if (is_pvops_xen()) {
>               kt->flags |= ARCH_XEN | ARCH_PVOPS_XEN;
>               kt->xen_flags |= WRITABLE_PAGE_TABLES;
>               if (machine_type("X86"))
> @@ -10709,6 +10705,32 @@ paravirt_init(void)
>       }
>   }
> 
> +static int
> +is_pvops_xen(void)
> +{
> +     ulong addr;
> +     char *sym;
> +
> +     if (!PVOPS())
> +             return FALSE;
> +
> +     if (symbol_exists("pv_init_ops") &&
> +         readmem(symbol_value("pv_init_ops"), KVADDR, &addr,
> +         sizeof(void *), "pv_init_ops", RETURN_ON_ERROR) &&
> +         (sym = value_symbol(addr)) &&
> +         (STREQ(sym, "xen_patch") ||
> +          STREQ(sym, "paravirt_patch_default")))
> +             return TRUE;
> +
> +     if (symbol_exists("xen_start_info") &&
> +         readmem(symbol_value("xen_start_info"), KVADDR, &addr,
> +         sizeof(void *), "xen_start_info", RETURN_ON_ERROR) &&
> +         addr != 0)
> +             return TRUE;
> +
> +     return FALSE;
> +}
> +
>   /*
>    *  Get the kernel's xtime timespec from its relevant location.
>    */
> 
> 
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