Re: [PATCH 2/2] riscv: export kaslr offset and satp in VMCOREINFO ELF notes

From: Paul Walmsley

Date: Thu Feb 12 2026 - 19:45:26 EST


On Wed, 11 Feb 2026, Austin Kim wrote:

> From: Austin Kim <austin.kim@xxxxxxx>
>
> The following options are required by the kdump crash utility for RISC-V
> based vmcore file:
>
> - kaslr: If the vmcore is generated from a KASLR-enabled Linux kernel,
> the KASLR offset is required for the crash utility to load
> the vmcore. Without the proper kaslr option, the crash utility
> fails to load the vmcore file.
> - satp: The exact root page table address helps determine the correct base
> PGD address.
>
> With this patch, RISC-V VMCOREINFO ELF notes now include both kaslr
> and satp information.
>
> Signed-off-by: Austin Kim <austin.kim@xxxxxxx>

Thanks, queued for v7.0-rc.


- Paul