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    powerpc/fadump: add hotplug_ready sysfs interface · bc446c5a
    Sourabh Jain authored
    The elfcorehdr describes the CPUs and memory of the crashed kernel to
    the kernel that captures the dump, known as the second or fadump kernel.
    The elfcorehdr needs to be updated if the system's memory changes due to
    memory hotplug or online/offline events.
    
    Currently, memory hotplug events are monitored in userspace by udev
    rules, and fadump is re-registered, which recreates the elfcorehdr with
    the latest available memory in the system.
    
    However, the previous patch ("powerpc: make fadump resilient with memory
    add/remove events") moved the creation of elfcorehdr to the second or
    fadump kernel. This eliminates the need to regenerate the elfcorehdr
    during memory hotplug or online/offline events.
    
    Create a sysfs entry at /sys/kernel/fadump/hotplug_ready to let
    userspace know that fadump re-registration is not required for memory
    add/remove events.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
    Link: https://msgid.link/20240422195932.1583833-3-sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com
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