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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/crash_dump.h | 26 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/crash_dump.h b/include/linux/crash_dump.h index 2618577a4d6d..0c547d866f1e 100644 --- a/include/linux/crash_dump.h +++ b/include/linux/crash_dump.h @@ -91,9 +91,29 @@ static inline void vmcore_unusable(void) elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_ERR; } -#define HAVE_OLDMEM_PFN_IS_RAM 1 -extern int register_oldmem_pfn_is_ram(int (*fn)(unsigned long pfn)); -extern void unregister_oldmem_pfn_is_ram(void); +/** + * struct vmcore_cb - driver callbacks for /proc/vmcore handling + * @pfn_is_ram: check whether a PFN really is RAM and should be accessed when + * reading the vmcore. Will return "true" if it is RAM or if the + * callback cannot tell. If any callback returns "false", it's not + * RAM and the page must not be accessed; zeroes should be + * indicated in the vmcore instead. For example, a ballooned page + * contains no data and reading from such a page will cause high + * load in the hypervisor. + * @next: List head to manage registered callbacks internally; initialized by + * register_vmcore_cb(). + * + * vmcore callbacks allow drivers managing physical memory ranges to + * coordinate with vmcore handling code, for example, to prevent accessing + * physical memory ranges that should not be accessed when reading the vmcore, + * although included in the vmcore header as memory ranges to dump. + */ +struct vmcore_cb { + bool (*pfn_is_ram)(struct vmcore_cb *cb, unsigned long pfn); + struct list_head next; +}; +extern void register_vmcore_cb(struct vmcore_cb *cb); +extern void unregister_vmcore_cb(struct vmcore_cb *cb); #else /* !CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP */ static inline bool is_kdump_kernel(void) { return 0; } |