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Michael Holzheu fa8ff292bb [S390] kdump: Initialize vmcoreinfo note at startup 
Currently the vmcoreinfo note is only initialized in case of kdump. On s390
it is possible to create kernel dumps with other dump mechanisms than kdump
(e.g. via hypervisor dump or stand-alone dump tools). For those dumps it
would also be desirable to include the vmcoreinfo data. To accomplish this,
with this patch the vmcoreinfo ELF note is always initialized, not only in
case of a (kdump) crash. On s390 we will add an ABI defined pointer at
a well known address to vmcoreinfo so that dump analysis tools are able to
find this information.

In particular on s390 we have a tool named zgetdump. With this tool it is
possible to convert dump formats on the fly using fuse. E.g. you can mount a
s390 stand-alone dump as ELF dump. When this is done, the tool finds the
vmcoreinfo in the stand-alone dump via the well known ABI defined address and
it creates the respective VMCOREINFO ELF note in the output ELF dump. This then
can be used e.g. by makedumpfile for dump filtering.  No more need for a
vmlinux file with debug information.

So this will look like the following:
$ zgetdump --mount standalone.dump -f elf /mnt
$ ls /mnt
  dump.elf
$ readelf -n /mnt/dump.elf
$ ...
  VMCOREINFO            0x00000474      Unknown note type: (0x00000000)
$ makedumpfile -c -d 31 /mnt/dump.elf dump.kdump

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
 		2011-10-30 15:16:42 +01:00
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debug Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb 2011-08-01 13:39:40 -10:00
events Merge commit 'v3.1-rc7' into perf/core 2011-09-26 12:54:28 +02:00
gcov gcov: disable CONSTRUCTORS for UML 2011-07-26 16:49:45 -07:00
irq Merge branch 'gpio/next' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6 2011-10-29 07:27:45 -07:00
power Merge branch 'devel-stable' of http://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/kernel/git-cur/linux-2.6-arm 2011-10-28 12:02:27 -07:00
time Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2011-10-26 17:15:03 +02:00
trace Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2011-10-26 17:03:38 +02:00
.gitignore
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Kconfig.freezer
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Kconfig.hz
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Kconfig.locks arch:Kconfig.locks Remove unused config option. 2011-04-10 17:01:05 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt sched: Isolate preempt counting in its own config option 2011-06-10 15:15:40 +02:00
Makefile Merge branch 'devel-stable' of http://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/kernel/git-cur/linux-2.6-arm 2011-10-28 12:02:27 -07:00
acct.c
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async.c async: uninitialized warning corrections 2011-09-15 14:22:28 +02:00
audit.c atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
audit.h
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audit_tree.c audit_tree,rcu: Convert call_rcu(__put_tree) to kfree_rcu() 2011-07-20 14:10:11 -07:00
audit_watch.c kill path_lookup() 2011-03-14 09:15:23 -04:00
auditfilter.c netlink: kill loginuid/sessionid/sid members from struct netlink_skb_parms 2011-03-03 10:55:40 -08:00
auditsc.c atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
backtracetest.c
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bounds.c memcg: remove direct page_cgroup-to-page pointer 2011-03-23 19:46:28 -07:00
capability.c Merge branch 'master' into next 2011-05-19 18:51:57 +10:00
cgroup.c locking, sched, cgroups: Annotate release_list_lock as raw 2011-09-13 11:11:49 +02:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroups: add per-thread subsystem callbacks 2011-05-26 17:12:34 -07:00
compat.c Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6 2011-07-30 00:08:53 -07:00
configs.c kernel/configs.c: include MODULE_*() when CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=n 2011-07-25 20:57:15 -07:00
cpu.c Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
cpu_pm.c cpu_pm: call notifiers during suspend 2011-09-23 12:05:29 +05:30
cpuset.c atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
crash_dump.c [S390] kdump: Add size to elfcorehdr kernel parameter 2011-10-30 15:16:41 +01:00
cred.c Merge branch 'next' of git://selinuxproject.org/~jmorris/linux-security 2011-10-25 09:45:31 +02:00
delayacct.c KVM: Steal time implementation 2011-07-14 12:59:14 +03:00
dma.c
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elfcore.c
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exec_domain.c
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exit.c ipc: introduce shm_rmid_forced sysctl 2011-07-26 16:49:44 -07:00
extable.c extable, core_kernel_data(): Make sure all archs define _sdata 2011-05-20 08:56:56 +02:00
fork.c move RLIMIT_NPROC check from set_user() to do_execve_common() 2011-08-11 11:24:42 -07:00
freezer.c PM / Freezer: Make fake_signal_wake_up() wake TASK_KILLABLE tasks too 2011-10-16 23:30:37 +02:00
futex.c Merge branch 'master' into for-next 2011-09-15 15:08:18 +02:00
futex_compat.c userns: user namespaces: convert several capable() calls 2011-03-23 19:47:08 -07:00
groups.c userns: user namespaces: convert several capable() calls 2011-03-23 19:47:08 -07:00
hrtimer.c hrtimers: Fix typo causing erratic timers 2011-05-25 15:31:58 -07:00
hung_task.c watchdog, hung_task_timeout: Add Kconfig configurable default 2011-04-28 09:13:17 +02:00
irq_work.c llist: Add llist_next() 2011-10-04 12:43:53 +02:00
itimer.c
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jump_label.c jump_label: Fix jump_label update for modules 2011-06-29 09:59:17 -04:00
kallsyms.c Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2011-03-25 17:52:22 -07:00
kexec.c [S390] kdump: Initialize vmcoreinfo note at startup 2011-10-30 15:16:42 +01:00
kfifo.c
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kmod.c kmod: prevent kmod_loop_msg overflow in __request_module() 2011-10-26 13:10:39 +10:30
kprobes.c locking, kprobes: Annotate the hash locks and kretprobe.lock as raw 2011-09-13 11:11:45 +02:00
ksysfs.c kernel/ksysfs.c: expose file_caps_enabled in sysfs 2011-04-19 16:45:51 -07:00
kthread.c cpuset: Fix cpuset_cpus_allowed_fallback(), don't update tsk->rt.nr_cpus_allowed 2011-05-28 17:02:57 +02:00
latencytop.c locking, latencytop: Annotate latency_lock as raw 2011-09-13 11:12:02 +02:00
lockdep.c Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2011-10-26 16:26:53 +02:00
lockdep_internals.h
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lockdep_proc.c lockdep: Remove unused 'factor' variable from lockdep_stats_show() 2011-03-23 13:54:47 +01:00
lockdep_states.h
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module.c Tracepoint: Dissociate from module mutex 2011-08-10 20:38:14 -04:00
mutex-debug.c mutex: Use p->on_cpu for the adaptive spin 2011-04-14 08:52:33 +02:00
mutex-debug.h mutex: Use p->on_cpu for the adaptive spin 2011-04-14 08:52:33 +02:00
mutex.c lockdep, mutex: provide mutex_lock_nest_lock 2011-05-25 08:39:17 -07:00
mutex.h mutex: Use p->on_cpu for the adaptive spin 2011-04-14 08:52:33 +02:00
notifier.c notifiers: sys: move reboot notifiers into reboot.h 2011-07-25 20:57:14 -07:00
nsproxy.c make sure that nsproxy_cache is initialized early enough 2011-07-20 01:44:07 -04:00
padata.c Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
panic.c panic: panic=-1 for immediate reboot 2011-07-26 16:49:45 -07:00
params.c params: make dashes and underscores in parameter names truly equal 2011-10-26 13:10:39 +10:30
pid.c rcu: Restore checks for blocking in RCU read-side critical sections 2011-09-28 21:36:37 -07:00
pid_namespace.c pidns: call pid_ns_prepare_proc() from create_pid_namespace() 2011-03-23 19:46:58 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c Merge branch 'core-locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2011-10-26 16:17:32 +02:00
posix-timers.c posix-timers: RCU conversion 2011-05-24 12:10:51 +02:00
printk.c locking, printk: Annotate logbuf_lock as raw 2011-09-13 11:11:54 +02:00
profile.c kernel/profile.c: remove some duplicate code from profile_hits() 2011-05-26 17:12:37 -07:00
ptrace.c ptrace: PTRACE_LISTEN forgets to unlock ->siglock 2011-09-25 11:02:00 -07:00
range.c
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rcu.h rcu: Add grace-period, quiescent-state, and call_rcu trace events 2011-09-28 21:38:21 -07:00
rcupdate.c rcu: Add event-tracing for RCU callback invocation 2011-09-28 21:38:12 -07:00
rcutiny.c rcu: Add grace-period, quiescent-state, and call_rcu trace events 2011-09-28 21:38:21 -07:00
rcutiny_plugin.h rcu: Make TINY_RCU also use softirq for RCU_BOOST=n 2011-09-28 21:38:20 -07:00
rcutorture.c rcu: Make rcu_torture_boost() exit loops at end of test 2011-09-28 21:38:46 -07:00
rcutree.c rcu: Move propagation of ->completed from rcu_start_gp() to rcu_report_qs_rsp() 2011-09-28 21:38:49 -07:00
rcutree.h rcu: Remove rcu_needs_cpu_flush() to avoid false quiescent states 2011-09-28 21:38:48 -07:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: Remove rcu_needs_cpu_flush() to avoid false quiescent states 2011-09-28 21:38:48 -07:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: Simplify quiescent-state accounting 2011-09-28 21:38:22 -07:00
relay.c
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res_counter.c memcg: res_counter_read_u64(): fix potential races on 32-bit machines 2011-03-23 19:46:22 -07:00
resource.c Resource: fix wrong resource window calculation 2011-09-29 20:04:34 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.c rtmutex: Add missing rcu_read_unlock() in debug_rt_mutex_print_deadlock() 2011-10-05 13:20:24 +02:00
rtmutex-debug.h
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rtmutex-tester.c rtmutex: tester: Remove the remaining BKL leftovers 2011-02-22 22:07:22 +01:00
rtmutex.c rcu: Permit rt_mutex_unlock() with irqs disabled 2011-09-28 21:38:43 -07:00
rtmutex.h
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rtmutex_common.h
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rwsem.c atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
sched.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2011-10-26 17:08:43 +02:00
sched_autogroup.c Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
sched_autogroup.h sched: Skip autogroup when looking for all rt sched groups 2011-07-01 10:39:08 +02:00
sched_clock.c
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sched_cpupri.c sched/cpupri: Remove cpupri->pri_active 2011-08-14 12:01:11 +02:00
sched_cpupri.h sched/cpupri: Remove cpupri->pri_active 2011-08-14 12:01:11 +02:00
sched_debug.c sched: Get rid of lock_depth 2011-04-24 13:18:38 +02:00
sched_fair.c sched: Wrap scheduler p->cpus_allowed access 2011-10-06 12:46:56 +02:00
sched_features.h sched: Kill WAKEUP_PREEMPT 2011-08-14 12:00:41 +02:00
sched_idletask.c sched: Drop the rq argument to sched_class::select_task_rq() 2011-04-14 08:52:36 +02:00
sched_rt.c sched: Warn on rt throttling 2011-10-06 12:47:04 +02:00
sched_stats.h locking, sched: Annotate thread_group_cputimer as raw 2011-09-13 11:11:55 +02:00
sched_stoptask.c sched: Implement hierarchical task accounting for SCHED_OTHER 2011-08-14 12:01:13 +02:00
seccomp.c
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semaphore.c locking, semaphores: Annotate inner lock as raw 2011-09-13 11:11:57 +02:00
signal.c user namespace: usb: make usb urbs user namespace aware (v2) 2011-09-29 13:13:08 -07:00
smp.c generic-ipi: Fix kexec boot crash by initializing call_single_queue before enabling interrupts 2011-06-17 10:17:12 +02:00
softirq.c softirq,rcu: Inform RCU of irq_exit() activity 2011-07-20 10:50:12 -07:00
spinlock.c
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srcu.c
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stacktrace.c stack_trace: Add weak save_stack_trace_regs() 2011-06-14 22:48:52 -04:00
stop_machine.c atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
sys.c Merge branch 'master' of ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2011-10-24 18:18:09 -04:00
sys_ni.c All Arch: remove linkage for sys_nfsservctl system call 2011-08-26 15:09:58 -07:00
sysctl.c sched: Accumulate per-cfs_rq cpu usage and charge against bandwidth 2011-08-14 12:03:26 +02:00
sysctl_binary.c ipv4: NET_IPV4_ROUTE_GC_INTERVAL removal 2011-10-03 14:13:01 -04:00
sysctl_check.c xfs: remove subdirectories 2011-08-12 16:21:35 -05:00
taskstats.c Make TASKSTATS require root access 2011-09-19 17:04:37 -07:00
test_kprobes.c
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time.c time: Change jiffies_to_clock_t() argument type to unsigned long 2011-09-21 10:28:51 +02:00
timeconst.pl
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timer.c timers: Consider slack value in mod_timer() 2011-06-03 15:02:32 +02:00
tracepoint.c Tracepoint: Dissociate from module mutex 2011-08-10 20:38:14 -04:00
tsacct.c Make taskstats round statistics down to nearest 1k bytes/events 2011-09-19 17:10:57 -07:00
uid16.c userns: user namespaces: convert several capable() calls 2011-03-23 19:47:08 -07:00
up.c
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user-return-notifier.c Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
user.c userns: add a user_namespace as creator/owner of uts_namespace 2011-03-23 19:46:59 -07:00
user_namespace.c
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utsname.c ns proc: Add support for the uts namespace 2011-05-10 14:35:35 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c
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wait.c Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
watchdog.c watchdog: Drop FIFO policy in exit path 2011-09-18 14:34:07 +02:00
workqueue.c workqueue: lock cwq access in drain_workqueue 2011-09-14 18:09:38 -07:00
workqueue_sched.h
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