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Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: crash_core: Export MODULES, VMALLOC, and VMEMMAP
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On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 10:02:03AM +0000, Huang Shijie wrote:
> > Thanks for digging up all of the kernel memory map changes and taking the
> > time to explain the macros. However, all I'm really after is something in
> > the commit message of the patch which explains what is broken without this
> This kernel patch does not break anything.
I mean this kernel patch is not a bugfix, it is just make the ARM64 ecosystem
(including the Crash) a little better..

The Crash can just parse out the MODULES/VMALLOC/VMALLOC ranges from the vmcore file,
no need to calculate them in a very _hard_ way. 

Thanks
Huang Shijie