Re: Linux Kernel Dump Summit 2005

[Hugh Dickins]

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
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