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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 00/04] Kexec / Kdump: Release 20061122 (xen-unsta
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Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Magnus Damm <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 00/04] Kexec / Kdump: Release 20061122 (xen-unstable-12502) |
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Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:50:34 +0000 |
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Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kazuo Moriwaka <moriwaka@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, magnus.damm@xxxxxxxxx, Akio Takebe <takebe_akio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Horms <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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On 28/11/06 6:24 pm, "Ian Campbell" <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You define a per CPU variable crash_notes and on crash you loop over
> NR_CPUS and clear the notes for CPUS which don't exist. Unfortunately
> the percpu regions for CPUs which aren't physically present is returned
> to the heap on boot (see percpu_free_unused_areas) -- this means that
> you zero out heap pages on crash :-(
>
> You need to use num_{possible,present,online}_cpus() in
> machine_crash_kexec() and kexec_get_cpu() instead of NR_CPUS.
You should use for_each_cpu, for_each_present_cpu, or for_each_online_cpu.
Probably the last of those unless you care about dormant CPUs or hotplugged
CPU sockets. :-)
-- Keir
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