RE: [makedumpfile PATCH] Always use bigger SECTION_MAP_MASK

2018-03-13 Thread Masaki Tachibana
gt; -Original Message- > > > From: kexec [mailto:kexec-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of Petr > > > Tesarik > > > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 5:19 PM > > > To: kexec mailing list ; Tachibana Masaki() > > > ; Nakayama > > > T

Re: [makedumpfile PATCH] Always use bigger SECTION_MAP_MASK

2018-03-13 Thread Petr Tesarik
t; Tesarik > > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 5:19 PM > > To: kexec mailing list ; Tachibana Masaki() > > ; Nakayama > > Takuya() ; Nishimura Daisuke() > > > > Subject: [makedumpfile PATCH] Always use bigger SECTION_MAP_MASK > > > > It is not ne

RE: [makedumpfile PATCH] Always use bigger SECTION_MAP_MASK

2018-03-13 Thread Masaki Tachibana
) ; Nishimura Daisuke() > > Subject: [makedumpfile PATCH] Always use bigger SECTION_MAP_MASK > > It is not necessary to distinguish between different kernel > versions. Kernel commit 2d070eab2e82 merely reuses a previously > unused bit (see clarification in kernel commit def9b71ee651a). The

[makedumpfile PATCH] Always use bigger SECTION_MAP_MASK

2018-02-02 Thread Petr Tesarik
It is not necessary to distinguish between different kernel versions. Kernel commit 2d070eab2e82 merely reuses a previously unused bit (see clarification in kernel commit def9b71ee651a). The bit was always zero even before that commit, so it is safe to mask it off even for kernel versions before 4.