Re: [PATCH v5 0/9] Add generic support for kdump DT properties

From: Rob Herring
Date: Sun Aug 15 2021 - 11:25:09 EST


On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:50:58AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This patch series adds generic support for parsing DT properties related
> to crash dump kernels ("linux,elfcorehdr" and "linux,elfcorehdr" under
> the "/chosen" node), makes use of it on arm32, and performs a few
> cleanups. It is an evolution of the combination of [1] and [2].

The DT bits look fine to me. How do you expect this to be merged? I'm
happy to take it if arch maintainers can ack it.

>
> The series consists of 6 parts:
> 1. Patch 1 prepares architecture-specific code (needed for MIPS only)
> to avoid duplicating elf core header reservation later.
> 2. Patch 2 prepares the visibility of variables used to hold
> information retrieved from the DT properties.
> 3. Patches 3-5 add support to the FDT core for handling the
> properties.
> This can co-exist safely with architecture-specific handling, until
> the latter has been removed.

Looks like patch 5 doesn't have any dependencies with the series?

> 4. Patch 6 removes the non-standard handling of "linux,elfcorehdr" on
> riscv.

I thought this should be applied for 5.14?

> 5. Patches 7-8 convert arm64 to use the generic handling instead of
> its own implementation.
> 6. Patch 9 adds support for kdump properties to arm32.
> The corresponding patch for kexec-tools is "[PATCH] arm: kdump: Add
> DT properties to crash dump kernel's DTB"[3], which is still valid.

This one can be applied on its own, right?

Rob