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authorkfraser@localhost.localdomain <kfraser@localhost.localdomain>2007-08-30 15:00:49 +0100
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Update dump-core-foramt.txt documentation.
Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@valinux.co.jp>
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diff --git a/docs/misc/dump-core-format.txt b/docs/misc/dump-core-format.txt
index 545740b6bd..aa32d810d8 100644
--- a/docs/misc/dump-core-format.txt
+++ b/docs/misc/dump-core-format.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ Currently the following sections are defined. Some sections are optional.
gmfn: machine physical frame number
The size of arrays is stored in xch_nr_pages member of header
note descriptor in .note.Xen note section.
- The entryies are stored in pfn-ascending order.
+ The entries are stored in pfn-ascending order.
+ The value, {~(uint64_t)0, ~(uint64_t)0}, means invalid
+ (pfn, gmfn) and the corresponding page has zero. There might
+ exist invalid (pfn, gmfn)'s at the end part of this array.
This section must exist when the domain is non auto
translated physmap mode. Currently x86 paravirtualized domain.
@@ -94,6 +97,9 @@ Currently the following sections are defined. Some sections are optional.
The size of arrays is stored in xch_nr_pages member of header
note descriptor in .note.Xen note section.
The entries are stored in ascending order.
+ The value, ~(uint64_t)0, means invalid pfn and the
+ corresponding page has zero. There might exist invalid
+ pfn's at the end part of this array.
This section must exist when the domain is auto translated
physmap mode. Currently x86 full virtualized domain and
ia64 domain.
@@ -225,6 +231,8 @@ Currently only (major, minor) = (0, 1) is used.
(0, 1) update
- .xen_p2m, .xen_pfn section
+ Invalid pfn/gmfn.
+- .xen_p2m, .xen_pfn section
Arrays must be in pfn ascending order for efficient looking up.
- EI_CLASS member of elf header was changed to ELFCLASS64 independent of
architecture. This is mainly for x86_32pae.