Tested-by: Misbah Anjum N <misanjum(a)linux.ibm.com&gt; Hi, I have tested this patch successfully on the following platform: Platform: IBM PowerPC 64LE (PPC64LE) Architecture: ppc64le Host Kernel: 6.18.0-8-generic Guest Kernel: 6.18.0-8-generic OS: Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute Raccoon) Crash version: 9.0.1 (patched) Compiler: gcc 15.2.0 GDB version: 16.2 (embedded) Test cases verified: -------------------- 1. virsh dump --memory-only (elf, kdump-zlib compression) 2. virsh dump --memory-only --bypass-cache (elf, kdump-zlib compression) Test results: ------------ - Patch applied cleanly to crash-9.0.1 (with offsets) - Build completed successfully with all dependencies - vmcoreinfo_read_from_memory fallback is active in diskdump.c and netdump.c - Successfully reads vmcoreinfo from memory when ELF note method is unavailable - Resolves the X86_64 kslar image regression - No regressions detected Test logs (trimmed): ------------------- # virsh dump ubuntu2604 vmcore-mem --memory-only Domain 'ubuntu2604' dumped to vmcore-mem # crash /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-6.18.0-8-generic vmcore-mem crash 9.0.1 ... KERNEL: /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-6.18.0-8-generic DUMPFILE: vmcore-mem ... crash> bt PID: 0 TASK: c0000000038b1580 CPU: 0 COMMAND: "swapper/0" [NIP : plpar_hcall_norets_notrace+24] [LR : check_and_cede_processor+72] ... The patch works as intended and fixes the vmcoreinfo reading issue. Thanks, Misbah Anjum N