Re: [Crash-utility] [PATCH v2 3/3] Automatically detect kernel aslr offset.

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Dave Anderson <anderson(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > Right, it would be nice if the KERNELOFFSET vmcoreinfo item had gone into > the kernel at the same time as kALSR. I see that it's not in Linus' tree > yet -- has it been accepted into any other tree waiting to be pulled? > > Anyway, for that reason, I like the idea of the --kaslr=auto option, and > maybe setting a flag somewhere, say in st->flags. And when the KERNELOFFSET > item does eventually show up, the same flag could be set during the initial > scan of the dumpfile header, obviating the need for --kaslr. > > Which reminds me -- the "SYMBOL(_stext)" check that you make in is_netdump() > also has to be done in is_diskdump() as well. Currently makedumpfile does > not work with kaslr dumpfiles, but they will eventually get it working. > Sounds good to me, I'll do that. I'll check with kees on the KERNELOFFSET patch status.