Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] kdump: append uts_namespace.name offset to VMCOREINFO

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Jan 08 2021 - 03:13:12 EST


On Fri, Jan 08, 2021 at 11:32:48AM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 09/30/20 at 12:23pm, Alexander Egorenkov wrote:
> > The offset of the field 'init_uts_ns.name' has changed
> > since commit 9a56493f6942 ("uts: Use generic ns_common::count").
>
> This patch is merged into 5.11-rc1, but we met the makedumpfile failure
> of kdump test case in 5.10.0 kernel. Should affect 5.9 too since
> commit 9a56493f6942 is merged into 5.9-rc2.
>
> Below tag and CC should have been added into patch when posted.
>
> Fixes: commit 9a56493f6942 ("uts: Use generic ns_common::count")
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> Do we still have chance to make it added into stable?

Sure, what is the git commit id of this patch in Linus's tree?

In the future, please read:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

thanks,

greg k-h