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VMCOREINFO
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==========
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What is it?
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===========
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VMCOREINFO is a special ELF note section. It contains various
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information from the kernel like structure size, page size, symbol
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values, field offsets, etc. These data are packed into an ELF note
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section and used by user-space tools like crash and makedumpfile to
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analyze a kernel's memory layout.
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Common variables
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================
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init_uts_ns.name.release
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------------------------
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The version of the Linux kernel. Used to find the corresponding source
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code from which the kernel has been built. For example, crash uses it to
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find the corresponding vmlinux in order to process vmcore.
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PAGE_SIZE
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---------
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The size of a page. It is the smallest unit of data used by the memory
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management facilities. It is usually 4096 bytes of size and a page is
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aligned on 4096 bytes. Used for computing page addresses.
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init_uts_ns
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The UTS namespace which is used to isolate two specific elements of the
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system that relate to the uname(2) system call. It is named after the
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data structure used to store information returned by the uname(2) system
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call.
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User-space tools can get the kernel name, host name, kernel release
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number, kernel version, architecture name and OS type from it.
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(uts_namespace, name)
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---------------------
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Offset of the name's member. Crash Utility and Makedumpfile get
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the start address of the init_uts_ns.name from this.
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node_online_map
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---------------
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An array node_states[N_ONLINE] which represents the set of online nodes
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in a system, one bit position per node number. Used to keep track of
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which nodes are in the system and online.
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swapper_pg_dir
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--------------
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The global page directory pointer of the kernel. Used to translate
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virtual to physical addresses.
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_stext
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------
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Defines the beginning of the text section. In general, _stext indicates
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the kernel start address. Used to convert a virtual address from the
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direct kernel map to a physical address.
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vmap_area_list
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--------------
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Stores the virtual area list. makedumpfile gets the vmalloc start value
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from this variable and its value is necessary for vmalloc translation.
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mem_map
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-------
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Physical addresses are translated to struct pages by treating them as
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an index into the mem_map array. Right-shifting a physical address
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PAGE_SHIFT bits converts it into a page frame number which is an index
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into that mem_map array.
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Used to map an address to the corresponding struct page.
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contig_page_data
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----------------
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Makedumpfile gets the pglist_data structure from this symbol, which is
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used to describe the memory layout.
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User-space tools use this to exclude free pages when dumping memory.
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mem_section|(mem_section, NR_SECTION_ROOTS)|(mem_section, section_mem_map)
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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The address of the mem_section array, its length, structure size, and
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the section_mem_map offset.
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It exists in the sparse memory mapping model, and it is also somewhat
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similar to the mem_map variable, both of them are used to translate an
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address.
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MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS
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Defines the maximum supported physical address space memory.
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page
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----
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The size of a page structure. struct page is an important data structure
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and it is widely used to compute contiguous memory.
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pglist_data
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The size of a pglist_data structure. This value is used to check if the
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pglist_data structure is valid. It is also used for checking the memory
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type.
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zone
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----
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The size of a zone structure. This value is used to check if the zone
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structure has been found. It is also used for excluding free pages.
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free_area
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The size of a free_area structure. It indicates whether the free_area
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structure is valid or not. Useful when excluding free pages.
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list_head
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The size of a list_head structure. Used when iterating lists in a
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post-mortem analysis session.
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nodemask_t
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----------
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The size of a nodemask_t type. Used to compute the number of online
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nodes.
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(page, flags|_refcount|mapping|lru|_mapcount|private|compound_order|compound_head)
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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User-space tools compute their values based on the offset of these
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variables. The variables are used when excluding unnecessary pages.
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(pglist_data, node_zones|nr_zones|node_mem_map|node_start_pfn|node_spanned_pages|node_id)
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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On NUMA machines, each NUMA node has a pg_data_t to describe its memory
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layout. On UMA machines there is a single pglist_data which describes the
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whole memory.
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These values are used to check the memory type and to compute the
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virtual address for memory map.
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(zone, free_area|vm_stat|spanned_pages)
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---------------------------------------
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Each node is divided into a number of blocks called zones which
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represent ranges within memory. A zone is described by a structure zone.
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User-space tools compute required values based on the offset of these
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variables.
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(free_area, free_list)
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----------------------
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Offset of the free_list's member. This value is used to compute the number
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of free pages.
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Each zone has a free_area structure array called free_area[NR_PAGE_ORDERS].
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The free_list represents a linked list of free page blocks.
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(list_head, next|prev)
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----------------------
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Offsets of the list_head's members. list_head is used to define a
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circular linked list. User-space tools need these in order to traverse
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lists.
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(vmap_area, va_start|list)
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--------------------------
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Offsets of the vmap_area's members. They carry vmalloc-specific
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information. Makedumpfile gets the start address of the vmalloc region
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from this.
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(zone.free_area, NR_PAGE_ORDERS)
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--------------------------------
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Free areas descriptor. User-space tools use this value to iterate the
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free_area ranges. NR_PAGE_ORDERS is used by the zone buddy allocator.
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prb
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A pointer to the printk ringbuffer (struct printk_ringbuffer). This
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may be pointing to the static boot ringbuffer or the dynamically
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allocated ringbuffer, depending on when the the core dump occurred.
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Used by user-space tools to read the active kernel log buffer.
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printk_rb_static
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A pointer to the static boot printk ringbuffer. If @prb has a
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different value, this is useful for viewing the initial boot messages,
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which may have been overwritten in the dynamically allocated
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ringbuffer.
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clear_seq
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The sequence number of the printk() record after the last clear
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command. It indicates the first record after the last
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SYSLOG_ACTION_CLEAR, like issued by 'dmesg -c'. Used by user-space
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tools to dump a subset of the dmesg log.
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printk_ringbuffer
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The size of a printk_ringbuffer structure. This structure contains all
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information required for accessing the various components of the
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kernel log buffer.
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(printk_ringbuffer, desc_ring|text_data_ring|dict_data_ring|fail)
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-----------------------------------------------------------------
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Offsets for the various components of the printk ringbuffer. Used by
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user-space tools to view the kernel log buffer without requiring the
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declaration of the structure.
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prb_desc_ring
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The size of the prb_desc_ring structure. This structure contains
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information about the set of record descriptors.
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(prb_desc_ring, count_bits|descs|head_id|tail_id)
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Offsets for the fields describing the set of record descriptors. Used
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by user-space tools to be able to traverse the descriptors without
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requiring the declaration of the structure.
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prb_desc
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--------
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The size of the prb_desc structure. This structure contains
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information about a single record descriptor.
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(prb_desc, info|state_var|text_blk_lpos|dict_blk_lpos)
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Offsets for the fields describing a record descriptors. Used by
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user-space tools to be able to read descriptors without requiring
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the declaration of the structure.
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prb_data_blk_lpos
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The size of the prb_data_blk_lpos structure. This structure contains
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information about where the text or dictionary data (data block) is
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located within the respective data ring.
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(prb_data_blk_lpos, begin|next)
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-------------------------------
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Offsets for the fields describing the location of a data block. Used
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by user-space tools to be able to locate data blocks without
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requiring the declaration of the structure.
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printk_info
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The size of the printk_info structure. This structure contains all
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the meta-data for a record.
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(printk_info, seq|ts_nsec|text_len|dict_len|caller_id)
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Offsets for the fields providing the meta-data for a record. Used by
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user-space tools to be able to read the information without requiring
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the declaration of the structure.
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prb_data_ring
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The size of the prb_data_ring structure. This structure contains
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information about a set of data blocks.
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(prb_data_ring, size_bits|data|head_lpos|tail_lpos)
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---------------------------------------------------
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Offsets for the fields describing a set of data blocks. Used by
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user-space tools to be able to access the data blocks without
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requiring the declaration of the structure.
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atomic_long_t
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The size of the atomic_long_t structure. Used by user-space tools to
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be able to copy the full structure, regardless of its
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architecture-specific implementation.
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(atomic_long_t, counter)
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Offset for the long value of an atomic_long_t variable. Used by
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user-space tools to access the long value without requiring the
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architecture-specific declaration.
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(free_area.free_list, MIGRATE_TYPES)
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------------------------------------
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The number of migrate types for pages. The free_list is described by the
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array. Used by tools to compute the number of free pages.
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NR_FREE_PAGES
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On linux-2.6.21 or later, the number of free pages is in
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vm_stat[NR_FREE_PAGES]. Used to get the number of free pages.
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PG_lru|PG_private|PG_swapcache|PG_swapbacked|PG_slab|PG_hwpoision|PG_head_mask|PG_hugetlb
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Page attributes. These flags are used to filter various unnecessary for
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dumping pages.
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PAGE_BUDDY_MAPCOUNT_VALUE(~PG_buddy)|PAGE_OFFLINE_MAPCOUNT_VALUE(~PG_offline)
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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More page attributes. These flags are used to filter various unnecessary for
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dumping pages.
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x86_64
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phys_base
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---------
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Used to convert the virtual address of an exported kernel symbol to its
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corresponding physical address.
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init_top_pgt
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------------
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Used to walk through the whole page table and convert virtual addresses
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to physical addresses. The init_top_pgt is somewhat similar to
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swapper_pg_dir, but it is only used in x86_64.
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pgtable_l5_enabled
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User-space tools need to know whether the crash kernel was in 5-level
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paging mode.
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node_data
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This is a struct pglist_data array and stores all NUMA nodes
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information. Makedumpfile gets the pglist_data structure from it.
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(node_data, MAX_NUMNODES)
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The maximum number of nodes in system.
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KERNELOFFSET
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The kernel randomization offset. Used to compute the page offset. If
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KASLR is disabled, this value is zero.
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KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE
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-----------------
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Currently unused by Makedumpfile. Used to compute the module virtual
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address by Crash.
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sme_mask
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--------
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AMD-specific with SME support: it indicates the secure memory encryption
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mask. Makedumpfile tools need to know whether the crash kernel was
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encrypted. If SME is enabled in the first kernel, the crash kernel's
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page table entries (pgd/pud/pmd/pte) contain the memory encryption
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mask. This is used to remove the SME mask and obtain the true physical
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address.
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Currently, sme_mask stores the value of the C-bit position. If needed,
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additional SME-relevant info can be placed in that variable.
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For example::
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[ misc ][ enc bit ][ other misc SME info ]
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0000_0000_0000_0000_1000_0000_0000_0000_0000_0000_..._0000
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63 59 55 51 47 43 39 35 31 27 ... 3
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x86_32
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X86_PAE
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Denotes whether physical address extensions are enabled. It has the cost
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of a higher page table lookup overhead, and also consumes more page
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table space per process. Used to check whether PAE was enabled in the
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crash kernel when converting virtual addresses to physical addresses.
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ia64
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pgdat_list|(pgdat_list, MAX_NUMNODES)
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-------------------------------------
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pg_data_t array storing all NUMA nodes information. MAX_NUMNODES
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indicates the number of the nodes.
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node_memblk|(node_memblk, NR_NODE_MEMBLKS)
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List of node memory chunks. Filled when parsing the SRAT table to obtain
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information about memory nodes. NR_NODE_MEMBLKS indicates the number of
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node memory chunks.
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These values are used to compute the number of nodes the crashed kernel used.
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node_memblk_s|(node_memblk_s, start_paddr)|(node_memblk_s, size)
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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The size of a struct node_memblk_s and the offsets of the
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node_memblk_s's members. Used to compute the number of nodes.
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PGTABLE_3|PGTABLE_4
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User-space tools need to know whether the crash kernel was in 3-level or
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4-level paging mode. Used to distinguish the page table.
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ARM64
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VA_BITS
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The maximum number of bits for virtual addresses. Used to compute the
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virtual memory ranges.
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kimage_voffset
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The offset between the kernel virtual and physical mappings. Used to
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translate virtual to physical addresses.
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PHYS_OFFSET
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-----------
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Indicates the physical address of the start of memory. Similar to
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kimage_voffset, which is used to translate virtual to physical
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addresses.
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KERNELOFFSET
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------------
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The kernel randomization offset. Used to compute the page offset. If
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KASLR is disabled, this value is zero.
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KERNELPACMASK
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The mask to extract the Pointer Authentication Code from a kernel virtual
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address.
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TCR_EL1.T1SZ
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Indicates the size offset of the memory region addressed by TTBR1_EL1.
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The region size is 2^(64-T1SZ) bytes.
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TTBR1_EL1 is the table base address register specified by ARMv8-A
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architecture which is used to lookup the page-tables for the Virtual
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addresses in the higher VA range (refer to ARMv8 ARM document for
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more details).
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MODULES_VADDR|MODULES_END|VMALLOC_START|VMALLOC_END|VMEMMAP_START|VMEMMAP_END
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Used to get the correct ranges:
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MODULES_VADDR ~ MODULES_END-1 : Kernel module space.
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VMALLOC_START ~ VMALLOC_END-1 : vmalloc() / ioremap() space.
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VMEMMAP_START ~ VMEMMAP_END-1 : vmemmap region, used for struct page array.
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arm
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===
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ARM_LPAE
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--------
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It indicates whether the crash kernel supports large physical address
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extensions. Used to translate virtual to physical addresses.
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s390
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====
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lowcore_ptr
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An array with a pointer to the lowcore of every CPU. Used to print the
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psw and all registers information.
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high_memory
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-----------
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Used to get the vmalloc_start address from the high_memory symbol.
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(lowcore_ptr, NR_CPUS)
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----------------------
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The maximum number of CPUs.
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powerpc
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=======
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node_data|(node_data, MAX_NUMNODES)
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-----------------------------------
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See above.
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contig_page_data
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----------------
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See above.
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vmemmap_list
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------------
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The vmemmap_list maintains the entire vmemmap physical mapping. Used
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to get vmemmap list count and populated vmemmap regions info. If the
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vmemmap address translation information is stored in the crash kernel,
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it is used to translate vmemmap kernel virtual addresses.
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mmu_vmemmap_psize
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-----------------
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The size of a page. Used to translate virtual to physical addresses.
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mmu_psize_defs
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--------------
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Page size definitions, i.e. 4k, 64k, or 16M.
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Used to make vtop translations.
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vmemmap_backing|(vmemmap_backing, list)|(vmemmap_backing, phys)|(vmemmap_backing, virt_addr)
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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The vmemmap virtual address space management does not have a traditional
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page table to track which virtual struct pages are backed by a physical
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mapping. The virtual to physical mappings are tracked in a simple linked
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list format.
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User-space tools need to know the offset of list, phys and virt_addr
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when computing the count of vmemmap regions.
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mmu_psize_def|(mmu_psize_def, shift)
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------------------------------------
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The size of a struct mmu_psize_def and the offset of mmu_psize_def's
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member.
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Used in vtop translations.
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sh
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==
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node_data|(node_data, MAX_NUMNODES)
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-----------------------------------
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See above.
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X2TLB
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-----
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Indicates whether the crashed kernel enabled SH extended mode.
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