Re: [PATCH v2] LoongArch: kdump: add arch_crash_save_vmcoreinfo() support

[Huacai Chen]

Hi, Yangyang,

On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 3:58 PM Yangyang Lian <lianyangyang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Since commit 23c85094fe18 ("proc/kcore: add vmcoreinfo note to
> /proc/kcore") the kernel has exported the vmcoreinfo PT_NOTE on
> /proc/kcore as wellas /proc/vmcore.
>
> LoongArch does not provide arch_crash_save_vmcoreinfo(), so the
> arch-specific values are missing from the vmcoreinfo PT_NOTE. The
> generic exporter in kernel/vmcore_info.c already provides
> NUMBER(VMALLOC_START), but tools like crash cannot derive the module
> and vmemmap ranges, VA_BITS, or the KASLR offset of a LoongArch dump.
>
> Since commit 18210a104bb9 ("LoongArch: Expand module virtual address
> space to 2GB") the vmalloc and module boundaries are no longer stable
> across kernel versions either, so vmcoreinfo is the only reliable
> source for them.
>
> Provide this function in a separate file that is built at the same time
> as its caller in kernel/vmcore_info.c, and add a LOONGARCH64 section to
> Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst.
>
> Reported-by: Haoran Jiang <jianghaoran@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Haoran Jiang <jianghaoran@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: George Guo <guodongtai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: George Guo <guodongtai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yangyang Lian <lianyangyang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> V2 -> V1: Export VMEMMAP_END + 1 to make it an exclusive bound, matching
>           what tools like makedumpfile expect.
>           Add Tested-by tag from Tao Cui.
>
>  .../admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst          | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/loongarch/kernel/Makefile                |  1 +
>  arch/loongarch/kernel/vmcore_info.c           | 21 ++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 51 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 arch/loongarch/kernel/vmcore_info.c
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst
> index 7663c610fe90..2ff921232616 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/vmcoreinfo.rst
> @@ -594,3 +594,32 @@ va_kernel_pa_offset
>
>  Indicates the offset between the kernel virtual and physical mappings.
>  Used to translate virtual to physical addresses.
> +
> +LOONGARCH64
> +===========
> +
> +VA_BITS
> +-------
> +
> +The maximum number of bits for virtual addresses. Used to compute the
> +virtual memory ranges.
> +
> +PHYS_OFFSET
> +-----------
> +
> +Indicates the physical address of the start of memory. Used to translate
> +virtual to physical addresses.
> +
> +KERNELOFFSET
> +------------
> +
> +The kernel randomization offset. Used to locate the kernel text in
> +virtual memory. If KASLR is disabled, this value is zero.
> +
> +MODULES_VADDR|MODULES_END|VMALLOC_START|VMALLOC_END|VMEMMAP_START|VMEMMAP_END
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +Used to get the correct ranges:
> +       MODULES_VADDR ~ MODULES_END-1 : Kernel module space.
> +       VMALLOC_START ~ VMALLOC_END-1 : vmalloc() / ioremap() space.
> +       VMEMMAP_START ~ VMEMMAP_END-1 : vmemmap region, used for struct page array.
> diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/Makefile b/arch/loongarch/kernel/Makefile
> index 001924877772..6260c15adaba 100644
> --- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE)     += relocate.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE)       += machine_kexec.o relocate_kernel.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE)       += machine_kexec_file.o kexec_efi.o kexec_elf.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP)       += crash_dump.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_VMCORE_INFO)      += vmcore_info.o
>
>  obj-$(CONFIG_UNWINDER_GUESS)   += unwind_guess.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_UNWINDER_PROLOGUE) += unwind_prologue.o
> diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/vmcore_info.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/vmcore_info.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..fb703b716253
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/vmcore_info.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +#include <linux/vmcore_info.h>
> +#include <asm/addrspace.h>
> +#include <asm/pgtable.h>
> +#include <asm/setup.h>
> +
> +void arch_crash_save_vmcoreinfo(void)
> +{
> +       VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(VA_BITS);
> +       /* NUMBER(VMALLOC_START) is exported by the generic code */
> +       vmcoreinfo_append_str("NUMBER(VMALLOC_END)=0x%lx\n", VMALLOC_END);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> +       vmcoreinfo_append_str("NUMBER(MODULES_VADDR)=0x%lx\n", MODULES_VADDR);
> +       vmcoreinfo_append_str("NUMBER(MODULES_END)=0x%lx\n", MODULES_END);
> +       vmcoreinfo_append_str("NUMBER(VMEMMAP_START)=0x%lx\n", (unsigned long)vmemmap);
> +       vmcoreinfo_append_str("NUMBER(VMEMMAP_END)=0x%lx\n", VMEMMAP_END + 1);
> +#endif
> +       vmcoreinfo_append_str("NUMBER(PHYS_OFFSET)=0x%lx\n", PHYS_OFFSET);
I think it is also useful to export PAGE_OFFSET here.

Huacai
> +       vmcoreinfo_append_str("KERNELOFFSET=%lx\n", kaslr_offset());
> +}
> --
> 2.25.1
>
>