[Crash-utility] ppc: work out irq and fix pte translation display

Dave Anderson anderson at redhat.com
Thu Jun 28 20:27:10 UTC 2012



----- Original Message -----
> This patch set updates ppc "irq" and PTE translation display of
> book3e.
> 
> - Support "irq" command for recent kernel
>   The ppc's "irq" could not work well for recent kernel at all
>   because ppc_init() always made SIZE(irq_desc_t) invalid by itself.
>   And also, "irq" options were not supported entirely.
> 
> Stash legacy ppc_dump_irq() behind generic_dump_irq() so that
> "irq" works on recent kernel and follow toward mainline updates
> lightly
> by using generic irq functions.
> 
> - Fix PTE translation for book3e
>   Although book3e uses multiple PTE bits for one attribute,
>   ppc_translate_pte() can not handle such attributes well.
>   And further privilege (kernel) RW protection bit assign of book3e
>   are different from user's ones.
> 
> Fix and add these translation features in ppc_translate_pte().

Queued for crash-6.0.8 -- which I will try to release tomorrow (6/30).

Thanks,
  Dave




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