Re: [Crash-utility] [PATCH 0/5] crash: Small bundle of fixes for Xen

----- Original Message ----- > On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 05:29:50PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 11:15:29AM -0400, Dave Anderson wrote: > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > It looks that Xen support for crash have not been maintained > > > > since 2009. I am trying to fix this. Here it is small > > > > bundle of fixes: > > > > - xen: Always calculate max_cpus value, > > > > - xen: Read only crash notes for onlined CPUs, > > > > - x86/xen: Read variables from dynamically allocated > > > > per_cpu > > > > data, > > > > - xen: Get idle data from alternative source, > > > > - xen: Read data correctly from dynamically allocated > > > > console > > > > ring > > > > too. > > > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > Daniel, > > > > > > Can you absolutely confirm that these changes are all > > > backwards-compatible? > > > > I have not done tests with older versions of Xen. However, > > I made all patches with backward compatibility in mind. Anyway, > > If you wish I could do tests with let's say Xen Ver. 3.4 > > and Xen Linux Kernel Ver. 2.6.18 at least. > > I think Dave is worried about it breaking with the version that is bundled > with RHEL5U8? Correct... Dave