vmcore: remove dependency with is_kdump_kernel() for exporting vmcore
Currently, is_kdump_kernel() returns true when elfcorehdr_addr is set. While elfcorehdr_addr is set for kexec based kernel dump mechanism, alternate dump capturing methods like fadump [1] also set it to export the vmcore. Since, is_kdump_kernel() is used to restrict resources in crash dump capture kernel and such restrictions may not be desirable for fadump, allow is_kdump_kernel() to be defined differently for such scenarios. With this, is_kdump_kernel() could be false while vmcore is usable. So, remove unnecessary dependency with is_kdump_kernel(), for exporting vmcore. [1] https://docs.kernel.org/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.htmlSuggested-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com> Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://msgid.link/20230912082950.856977-1-hbathini@linux.ibm.com
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