Re: [PATCH V4] Documentation: Improve crash_kexec_post_notifiers description

Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:29:12 -0700

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"Guilherme G. Piccoli" <[email protected]> writes:

> The crash_kexec_post_notifiers description could be improved a bit,
> by clarifying its upsides (yes, there are some!) and be more descriptive
> about the downsides, specially mentioning code that enables the option
> unconditionally, like Hyper-V[0], PowerPC (fadump)[1] and more recently,
> AMD SEV-SNP[2].
>
> [0] Commit a11589563e96 ("x86/Hyper-V: Report crash register data or kmsg before running crash kernel").
> [1] Commit 06e629c25daa ("powerpc/fadump: Fix inaccurate CPU state info in vmcore generated with panic").
> [2] Commit 8ef979584ea8 ("crypto: ccp: Add panic notifier for SEV/SNP firmware shutdown on kdump").
>
> Reviewed-by: Stephen Brennan <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <[email protected]>
> ---

Applied, thanks.

jon