Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750755AbVJROLT (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:11:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750746AbVJROLT (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:11:19 -0400 Received: from gold.veritas.com ([143.127.12.110]:56413 "EHLO gold.veritas.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750755AbVJROLS (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:11:18 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:10:24 +0100 (BST) From: Hugh Dickins X-X-Sender: hugh@goblin.wat.veritas.com To: OBATA Noboru cc: lkml@oxley.org, pavel@ucw.cz, hyoshiok@miraclelinux.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux Kernel Dump Summit 2005 In-Reply-To: <20051018.224722.126577332.noboru.obata.ar@hitachi.com> Message-ID: References: <200510121002.59098.lkml@oxley.org> <20051018.224722.126577332.noboru.obata.ar@hitachi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Oct 2005 14:11:18.0092 (UTC) FILETIME=[CED850C0:01C5D3ED] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 747 Lines: 18 On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, OBATA Noboru wrote: > > I have a bitter experience in analyzing a partial dump. The > dump completely lacks the PTE pages of user processes and I had > to give up analysis then. A partial dump has a risk of failure > in analysis. Page tables of user processes are very often essential in a dump. Data pages of user processes are almost always just a waste of space and time in a dump. Please don't judge against partial dumps on the basis of one that was badly selected. Hugh - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/