[PATCH] kexec-ppc: fix for ksysfs crash_notes The following patch prevents the crash dump helper code found within kexec from breaking ppc which still lacks crash dump functionality. ksysfs crash_notes attribute handling was left under CONFIG_KEXEC for simplicity although it is not strictly kexec related. We provide here a dummy definition for crash_notes on ppc. Signed-off-by: Albert Herranz <albert_herranz@yahoo.es> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/machine_kexec.c index 84d65a8..a727877 100644 --- a/arch/ppc/kernel/machine_kexec.c +++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ const extern unsigned char relocate_new_kernel[]; const extern unsigned int relocate_new_kernel_size; +/* + * Provide a dummy crash_notes definition while crash dump arrives to ppc. + * This prevents breakage of crash_notes attribute in kernel/ksysfs.c. + */ +void *crash_notes = NULL; + void machine_shutdown(void) { if (ppc_md.machine_shutdown)
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc/kexec.h b/include/asm-ppc/kexec.h index 7319131..6d2aa0a 100644 --- a/include/asm-ppc/kexec.h +++ b/include/asm-ppc/kexec.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ +extern void *crash_notes; + struct kimage; extern void machine_kexec_simple(struct kimage *image);