Re: [Crash-utility] patch to add vmss memory regions support

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dave Anderson <anderson(a)redhat.com&gt; Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:17 AM Subject: Re: [Crash-utility] patch to add vmss memory regions support To: "Discussion list for crash utility usage, maintenance and development" <crash-utility(a)redhat.com&gt; Dyno, Can you re-post this path so that it applies cleanly to the current git repository? This is what happens: $ git clone https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_crash-2Du... Cloning into 'crash'... remote: Counting objects: 811, done. remote: Total 811 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 811 Receiving objects: 100% (811/811), 1.87 MiB | 1.04 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (532/532), done. $ cd crash $ patch -p1 < ../vmware_memory_region_support.patch patching file vmware_vmss.c Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] n Apply anyway? [n] y Hunk #1 succeeded at 42 with fuzz 2 (offset 2 lines). Hunk #2 succeeded at 141 (offset 2 lines). Hunk #3 succeeded at 164 (offset 2 lines). Hunk #4 succeeded at 192 (offset 2 lines). Hunk #5 succeeded at 217 (offset 2 lines). Hunk #6 FAILED at 256. Hunk #7 succeeded at 276 (offset 2 lines). 1 out of 7 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file vmware_vmss.c.rej patching file vmware_vmss.h $ Thanks, Dave ----- Original Message ----- > Dave, > > attached patch is to add vmss memroy regions support. > > There might be holes in the memory address saved for PCI etc. > In such case memory dump is divided into regions. Currently > up to 3 regions are supported. > > Memory dump larger than 3GB will have the first hole. > My dropbox space used up, I cannot attach a 4GB memory dump. > and here is how it looks like in the vmss meta data dump. > > 3GB: > === > - Group: memory pos=0x1f6f6 size=0xc000090c > ------------------------------------ > align_mask[0, 0] => 0x00ffff > regionsCount => 0x000000 > Memory[0, 0] => BLOCK, pos=0x20000, size=0xc0000000 > > 4GB: > === > - Group: memory pos=0x1f6f6 size=0x10000090c > ----------------------------------- > align_mask[0, 0] => 0x00ffff > regionsCount => 0x000002 > regionPageNum[0] => 0x000000 > regionPPN[0] => 0x000000 > regionSize[0] => 0x0c0000 > regionPageNum[1] => 0x0c0000 > regionPPN[1] => 0x100000 > regionSize[1] => 0x040000 > Memory[0, 0] => BLOCK, pos=0x20000, size=0x100000000 > > rgds, > Dyno > > -- > Crash-utility mailing list > Crash-utility(a)redhat.com > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.redhat.com_mailm... -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility(a)redhat.com https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.redhat.com_mailm...