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Date:   Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:25:28 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] kdump: crashkernel reservation from CMA
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On Wed 29-11-23 15:57:59, Baoquan He wrote:
[...]
> Hmm, Redhat could go in a different way. We have been trying to:
> 1) customize initrd for kdump kernel specifically, e.g exclude unneeded
> devices's driver to save memory;
> 2) monitor device and kenrel memory usage if they begin to consume much
> more memory than before. We have CI testing cases to watch this. We ever
> found one NIC even eat up GB level memory, then this need be
> investigated and fixed.

How do you simulate all different HW configuration setups that are using
out there in the wild?
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs