powerpc/fadump: add hotplug_ready sysfs interface
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: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://msgid.link/20240422195932.1583833-3-sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com
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