[PATCH 1/1] Allow i386 crash kernels to handle x86_64 dumps

[Ian Campbell]

The specific case I am encountering is kdump under Xen with a 64 bit
hypervisor and 32 bit kernel/userspace. The dump created is a 64 bit due
to the hypervisor but the dump kernel is 32 bit to match the domain 0
kernel.

It's possibly less likely to be useful in a purely native scenario but I
see no reason to disallow it.

Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

--- pristine-linux-2.6.18/include/asm-i386/elf.h	2006-09-20 04:42:06.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.18-xen/include/asm-i386/elf.h	2007-03-14 16:42:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  * This is used to ensure we don't load something for the wrong architecture.
  */
 #define elf_check_arch(x) \
-	(((x)->e_machine == EM_386) || ((x)->e_machine == EM_486))
+	(((x)->e_machine == EM_386) || ((x)->e_machine == EM_486) || ((x)->e_machine == EM_X86_64))
 
 /*
  * These are used to set parameters in the core dumps.


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