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SubjectRe: [RFC] [PATCH 00/19] Non disruptive application core dump infrastructure using task_work_add()
On 10/07, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote:
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> On 10/04/2013 07:14 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
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> > Couldn't they just use the new process_vm_readv() syscalls instead?
> > AFAIK those do not require ptrace.
> >
> We need the register set and hence would need a ptrace.

Or the task itself can dump its memory/registers/whatever in responce
to the request from dumper.

gencore_work() is only used to freeze the process, but it can do more?

Oleg.



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