Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:10:24 +0100 (BST) | From | Hugh Dickins <> | Subject | Re: Linux Kernel Dump Summit 2005 |
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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.
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