On 21/06/2016:10:05:42 AM, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Pratyush Anand <pan...@redhat.com> writes:
>
> > On 21/06/2016:05:43:29 AM, Atsushi Kumagai wrote:
> >> Hello Vitaly,
> >>
> >> >_count member was renamed to _refcount in linux commit 0139aa7b7fa12
> >> >("mm: rename _count, field of the struct page, to _refcount") and this
> >> >broke makedumpfile. The reason for making the change was to find all users
> >> >accessing it directly and not through the recommended API. I tried
> >> >suggesting to revert the change but failed, I see no other choice than to
> >> >start supporting both _count and _refcount in makedumpfile.
> >> >
> >> >Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuzn...@redhat.com>
> >> >---
> >> >Changes since 'v1':
> >> >- Make '_refcount' the default [Atsushi Kumagai]
> >
> > Sorry, I missed this conversation earlier.
> >
> >>
> >> Good fix, I'll merge this into v1.6.1.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Atsushi Kumagai
> >>
> >> >---
> >> > makedumpfile.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >> > makedumpfile.h | 3 ++-
> >> > 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >> >
> >> >diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c
> >> >index 853b999..fd884d3 100644
> >> >--- a/makedumpfile.c
> >> >+++ b/makedumpfile.c
> >> >@@ -1579,7 +1579,14 @@ get_structure_info(void)
> >> > */
> >> > SIZE_INIT(page, "page");
> >> > OFFSET_INIT(page.flags, "page", "flags");
> >> >- OFFSET_INIT(page._count, "page", "_count");
> >> >+ OFFSET_INIT(page._refcount, "page", "_refcount");
> >> >+ if (OFFSET(page._refcount) == NOT_FOUND_STRUCTURE) {
> >> >+ info->flag_use_count = TRUE;
> >> >+ OFFSET_INIT(page._refcount, "page", "_count");
> >> >+ } else {
> >> >+ info->flag_use_count = FALSE;
> >
> > Probably we could have avoided this flag and could have solved it same way
> > as we
> > have solved for other such kernel changes, like that of
> > "module.module_core".
> > Infact, we do not need to add "_refcount" in makedumpfile's page struct.
> >
>
> Yes, the flag is only needed to do the write. Why do you think we don't
> need it?
IMHO, even if we write with "page._count", we would be able to get correct
value in next read, because we prefer reading with "page._count" over
"page._refcount". I think "crash utility" also gives priority for reading with
_count, so things should work without any issue.
~Pratyush
>
> > See:
> > https://github.com/pratyushanand/makedumpfile/commit/8c58c177d27d4ac31db2ee42442ef056dbbd2c93
> >
> > ~Pratyush
> >
> >> >+ }
> >> >+
> >> > OFFSET_INIT(page.mapping, "page", "mapping");
> >> > OFFSET_INIT(page._mapcount, "page", "_mapcount");
> >> > OFFSET_INIT(page.private, "page", "private");
> >> >@@ -2044,7 +2051,7 @@ get_mem_type(void)
> >> >
> >> > if ((SIZE(page) == NOT_FOUND_STRUCTURE)
> >> > || (OFFSET(page.flags) == NOT_FOUND_STRUCTURE)
> >> >- || (OFFSET(page._count) == NOT_FOUND_STRUCTURE)
> >> >+ || (OFFSET(page._refcount) == NOT_FOUND_STRUCTURE)
> >> > || (OFFSET(page.mapping) == NOT_FOUND_STRUCTURE)) {
> >> > ret = NOT_FOUND_MEMTYPE;
> >> > } else if ((((SYMBOL(node_data) != NOT_FOUND_SYMBOL)
> >> >@@ -2151,7 +2158,10 @@ write_vmcoreinfo_data(void)
> >> > * write the member offset of 1st kernel
> >> > */
> >> > WRITE_MEMBER_OFFSET("page.flags", page.flags);
> >> >- WRITE_MEMBER_OFFSET("page._count", page._count);
> >> >+ if (info->flag_use_count)
> >> >+ WRITE_MEMBER_OFFSET("page._count", page._refcount);
> >> >+ else
> >> >+ WRITE_MEMBER_OFFSET("page._refcount", page._refcount);
> >> > WRITE_MEMBER_OFFSET("page.mapping", page.mapping);
> >> > WRITE_MEMBER_OFFSET("page.lru", page.lru);
> >> > WRITE_MEMBER_OFFSET("page._mapcount", page._mapcount);
> >> >@@ -2491,7 +2501,13 @@ read_vmcoreinfo(void)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > READ_MEMBER_OFFSET("page.flags", page.flags);
> >> >- READ_MEMBER_OFFSET("page._count", page._count);
> >> >+ READ_MEMBER_OFFSET("page._refcount", page._refcount);
> >> >+ if (OFFSET(page._refcount) == NOT_FOUND_STRUCTURE) {
> >> >+ info->flag_use_count = TRUE;
> >> >+ READ_MEMBER_OFFSET("page._count", page._refcount);
> >> >+ } else {
> >> >+ info->flag_use_count = FALSE;
> >> >+ }
> >> > READ_MEMBER_OFFSET("page.mapping", page.mapping);
> >> > READ_MEMBER_OFFSET("page.lru", page.lru);
> >> > READ_MEMBER_OFFSET("page._mapcount", page._mapcount);
> >> >@@ -5615,7 +5631,7 @@ __exclude_unnecessary_pages(unsigned long mem_map,
> >> > pcache = page_cache + (index_pg * SIZE(page));
> >> >
> >> > flags = ULONG(pcache + OFFSET(page.flags));
> >> >- _count = UINT(pcache + OFFSET(page._count));
> >> >+ _count = UINT(pcache + OFFSET(page._refcount));
> >> > mapping = ULONG(pcache + OFFSET(page.mapping));
> >> >
> >> > if (OFFSET(page.compound_order) != NOT_FOUND_STRUCTURE) {
> >> >diff --git a/makedumpfile.h b/makedumpfile.h
> >> >index 251d4bf..533e5b8 100644
> >> >--- a/makedumpfile.h
> >> >+++ b/makedumpfile.h
> >> >@@ -1100,6 +1100,7 @@ struct DumpInfo {
> >> > int flag_nospace; /* the flag of "No space on
> >> > device" error */
> >> > int flag_vmemmap; /* kernel supports vmemmap address
> >> > space */
> >> > int flag_excludevm; /* -e - excluding unused vmemmap
> >> > pages */
> >> >+ int flag_use_count; /* _refcount is named _count in
> >> >struct page */
> >> > unsigned long vaddr_for_vtop; /* virtual address for debugging */
> >> > long page_size; /* size of page */
> >> > long page_shift;
> >> >@@ -1483,7 +1484,7 @@ struct size_table {
> >> > struct offset_table {
> >> > struct page {
> >> > long flags;
> >> >- long _count;
> >> >+ long _refcount;
> >> > long mapping;
> >> > long lru;
> >> > long _mapcount;
> >> >--
> >> >2.5.5
> >>
> >>
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> Vitaly
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