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    [PATCH] x86-64: setup saved_max_pfn correctly (kdump) · 15803a43
    Magnus Damm authored
    x86_64: setup saved_max_pfn correctly
    
    2.6.19-rc4 has broken CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP support on x86_64. It is impossible
    to read out the kernel contents from /proc/vmcore because saved_max_pfn is set
    to zero instead of the max_pfn value before the user map is setup.
    
    This happens because saved_max_pfn is initialized at parse_early_param() time,
    and at this time no active regions have been registered. save_max_pfn is setup
    from e820_end_of_ram(), more exact find_max_pfn_with_active_regions() which
    returns 0 because no regions exist.
    
    This patch fixes this by registering before and removing after the call
    to e820_end_of_ram().
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMagnus Damm <magnus@valinux.co.jp>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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