* Re: makedumpfile-1.1.5: Xen support
@ 2007-08-13 23:27 Itsuro ODA
2007-08-17 6:44 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Itsuro ODA @ 2007-08-13 23:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kexec
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Hi,
> Hmm, adding to skip zero-filled pages is easy but I wonder
> how effective it is ...
I found it is sometimes effective.
The attached patch enables the "-d" option with --xen-syms.
Note that only the level 1 (skip zero-filled pages) is supported.
ex. # makedumpfile -E -d 1 --xen-syms xen-syms.debug vmcore output
Thanks.
Itsuro Oda
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:19:48 +0900
Itsuro ODA <oda@valinux.co.jp> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Is the "-d" dump_level option completely ignored, or can it
> > (without vmlinux awareness) recognize and skip zero-filled
> > pages?
>
> Yes, "-d" is ignored.
>
> Hmm, adding to skip zero-filled pages is easy but I wonder
> how effective it is ...
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Itsuro ODA <oda@valinux.co.jp>
>
>
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[-- Attachment #2: patch-zero-070810 --]
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--- makedumpfile.c.org 2007-08-10 15:14:22.000000000 +0900
+++ makedumpfile.c 2007-08-10 15:51:16.000000000 +0900
@@ -5195,6 +5195,9 @@
int i;
struct pt_load_segment *pls;
int ret = FALSE;
+ unsigned long long paddr;
+ off_t offset_page;
+ unsigned char *buf = NULL;
/*
* NOTE: the first half of bitmap is not used for Xen extraction
@@ -5211,6 +5214,11 @@
strerror(errno));
goto out;
}
+ if ((buf = malloc(info->page_size)) == NULL) {
+ ERRMSG("Can't allocate memory for the page. %s\n",
+ strerror(errno));
+ goto out;
+ }
pfn = 0;
for (i = 0; i < info->num_load_memory; i++) {
@@ -5255,11 +5263,35 @@
* - xen heap area, or
* - selected domain page
*/
- if (_domain == 0 ||
+ if (!(_domain == 0 ||
(info->xen_heap_start <= pfn && pfn < info->xen_heap_end) ||
- ((count_info & 0xffff) && is_select_domain(info, _domain))) {
- set_bitmap(bm2.buf, pfn%PFN_BUFBITMAP, 1);
+ ((count_info & 0xffff) && is_select_domain(info, _domain)))) {
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_ZERO) {
+ paddr = (unsigned long long)pfn * info->page_size;
+ offset_page = paddr_to_offset(info, paddr);
+ if (!offset_page) {
+ ERRMSG("Can't convert physaddr(%llx) to a offset.\n",
+ paddr);
+ goto out;
+ }
+ if (lseek(info->fd_memory, offset_page,
+ SEEK_SET) == (off_t)-1) {
+ ERRMSG("Can't seek the dump memory(%s). %s\n",
+ info->name_memory, strerror(errno));
+ goto out;
+ }
+ if (read(info->fd_memory, buf, info->page_size)
+ != info->page_size) {
+ ERRMSG("Can't read the dump memory(%s). %s\n",
+ info->name_memory, strerror(errno));
+ goto out;
+ }
+ if (is_zero_page(buf, info->page_size))
+ continue;
}
+ set_bitmap(bm2.buf, pfn%PFN_BUFBITMAP, 1);
}
}
@@ -5275,6 +5307,8 @@
out:
if (bm2.buf != NULL)
free(bm2.buf);
+ if (buf != NULL)
+ free(buf);
return ret;
}
@@ -5546,7 +5580,7 @@
MSG("-E must be specified with --xen-syms or --xen-vmcoreinfo.\n");
goto out;
}
- info->dump_level = DL_EXCLUDE_XEN;
+ info->dump_level |= DL_EXCLUDE_XEN;
return handle_xen(info);
} else if (info->flag_rearrange) {
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread* Re: makedumpfile-1.1.5: Xen support
2007-08-13 23:27 makedumpfile-1.1.5: Xen support Itsuro ODA
@ 2007-08-17 6:44 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Ken'ichi Ohmichi @ 2007-08-17 6:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Itsuro ODA; +Cc: kexec
Hi ODA-san,
2007/08/14 08:27:17 +0900, Itsuro ODA <oda@valinux.co.jp> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>> Hmm, adding to skip zero-filled pages is easy but I wonder
>> how effective it is ...
>
>I found it is sometimes effective.
>
>The attached patch enables the "-d" option with --xen-syms.
>Note that only the level 1 (skip zero-filled pages) is supported.
>
>ex. # makedumpfile -E -d 1 --xen-syms xen-syms.debug vmcore output
Thank you for a good patch.
I will release a new version with your patch.
Thanks
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* Re: makedumpfile-1.1.5: Xen support
@ 2007-08-13 23:32 Itsuro ODA
0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Itsuro ODA @ 2007-08-13 23:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kexec
Hi,
> Hmm, adding to skip zero-filled pages is easy but I wonder
> how effective it is ...
I found it is sometimes effective.
The attached patch enables the "-d" option with --xen-syms.
Note that only the level 1 (skip zero-filled pages) is supported.
ex. # makedumpfile -E -d 1 --xen-syms xen-syms.debug vmcore output
Thanks.
Itsuro Oda
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:19:48 +0900
Itsuro ODA <oda@valinux.co.jp> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Is the "-d" dump_level option completely ignored, or can it
> > (without vmlinux awareness) recognize and skip zero-filled
> > pages?
>
> Yes, "-d" is ignored.
>
> Hmm, adding to skip zero-filled pages is easy but I wonder
> how effective it is ...
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Itsuro ODA <oda@valinux.co.jp>
>
>
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> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexe
--
--- makedumpfile.c.org 2007-08-10 15:14:22.000000000 +0900
+++ makedumpfile.c 2007-08-10 15:51:16.000000000 +0900
@@ -5195,6 +5195,9 @@
int i;
struct pt_load_segment *pls;
int ret = FALSE;
+ unsigned long long paddr;
+ off_t offset_page;
+ unsigned char *buf = NULL;
/*
* NOTE: the first half of bitmap is not used for Xen extraction
@@ -5211,6 +5214,11 @@
strerror(errno));
goto out;
}
+ if ((buf = malloc(info->page_size)) == NULL) {
+ ERRMSG("Can't allocate memory for the page. %s\n",
+ strerror(errno));
+ goto out;
+ }
pfn = 0;
for (i = 0; i < info->num_load_memory; i++) {
@@ -5255,11 +5263,35 @@
* - xen heap area, or
* - selected domain page
*/
- if (_domain == 0 ||
+ if (!(_domain == 0 ||
(info->xen_heap_start <= pfn && pfn < info->xen_heap_end) ||
- ((count_info & 0xffff) && is_select_domain(info, _domain))) {
- set_bitmap(bm2.buf, pfn%PFN_BUFBITMAP, 1);
+ ((count_info & 0xffff) && is_select_domain(info, _domain)))) {
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_ZERO) {
+ paddr = (unsigned long long)pfn * info->page_size;
+ offset_page = paddr_to_offset(info, paddr);
+ if (!offset_page) {
+ ERRMSG("Can't convert physaddr(%llx) to a offset.\n",
+ paddr);
+ goto out;
+ }
+ if (lseek(info->fd_memory, offset_page,
+ SEEK_SET) == (off_t)-1) {
+ ERRMSG("Can't seek the dump memory(%s). %s\n",
+ info->name_memory, strerror(errno));
+ goto out;
+ }
+ if (read(info->fd_memory, buf, info->page_size)
+ != info->page_size) {
+ ERRMSG("Can't read the dump memory(%s). %s\n",
+ info->name_memory, strerror(errno));
+ goto out;
+ }
+ if (is_zero_page(buf, info->page_size))
+ continue;
}
+ set_bitmap(bm2.buf, pfn%PFN_BUFBITMAP, 1);
}
}
@@ -5275,6 +5307,8 @@
out:
if (bm2.buf != NULL)
free(bm2.buf);
+ if (buf != NULL)
+ free(buf);
return ret;
}
@@ -5546,7 +5580,7 @@
MSG("-E must be specified with --xen-syms or --xen-vmcoreinfo.\n");
goto out;
}
- info->dump_level = DL_EXCLUDE_XEN;
+ info->dump_level |= DL_EXCLUDE_XEN;
return handle_xen(info);
} else if (info->flag_rearrange) {
--
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread* Re: makedumpfile-1.1.5: Xen support
@ 2007-07-27 16:18 Dave Anderson
2007-07-28 10:53 ` Itsuro ODA
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Dave Anderson @ 2007-07-27 16:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kexec
> Changelog:
> o Add a new feature that extracting the part of xen hypervisor and
> domain-0 from /proc/vmcore. In most cases under xen environment,
> it is enough to analyze a cause of system crash.
> The patch was provided by Itsuro Oda.
> Usage:
> # makedumpfile -E --xen-syms xen-syms /proc/vmcore dumpfile
Can you verify that the dumpfile created above is usable as both a
hypervisor dumpfile as well as a dom0 vmlinux dumpfile? In other
words, can both of the following sessions be accomplished with the
resultant dumpfile?
# crash xen-syms dumpfile
and:
# crash vmlinux dumpfile
Thanks,
Dave
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* Re: makedumpfile-1.1.5: Xen support
2007-07-27 16:18 Dave Anderson
@ 2007-07-28 10:53 ` Itsuro ODA
2007-07-30 12:54 ` Dave Anderson
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Itsuro ODA @ 2007-07-28 10:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dave Anderson; +Cc: kexec
Hi Dave,
>> Changelog:
>> o Add a new feature that extracting the part of xen hypervisor and
>> domain-0 from /proc/vmcore. In most cases under xen environment,
>> it is enough to analyze a cause of system crash.
>> The patch was provided by Itsuro Oda.
>> Usage:
>> # makedumpfile -E --xen-syms xen-syms /proc/vmcore dumpfile
>
> Can you verify that the dumpfile created above is usable as both a
> hypervisor dumpfile as well as a dom0 vmlinux dumpfile? In other
> words, can both of the following sessions be accomplished with the
> resultant dumpfile?
>
> # crash xen-syms dumpfile
>
> and:
>
> # crash vmlinux dumpfile
>
Yes.
Thanks.
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* Re: makedumpfile-1.1.5: Xen support
2007-07-28 10:53 ` Itsuro ODA
@ 2007-07-30 12:54 ` Dave Anderson
2007-07-30 22:19 ` Itsuro ODA
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Dave Anderson @ 2007-07-30 12:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Itsuro ODA; +Cc: kexec
Itsuro ODA wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
>
>>>Changelog:
>>>o Add a new feature that extracting the part of xen hypervisor and
>>> domain-0 from /proc/vmcore. In most cases under xen environment,
>>> it is enough to analyze a cause of system crash.
>>> The patch was provided by Itsuro Oda.
>>> Usage:
>>> # makedumpfile -E --xen-syms xen-syms /proc/vmcore dumpfile
>>
>>Can you verify that the dumpfile created above is usable as both a
>>hypervisor dumpfile as well as a dom0 vmlinux dumpfile? In other
>>words, can both of the following sessions be accomplished with the
>>resultant dumpfile?
>>
>> # crash xen-syms dumpfile
>>
>>and:
>>
>> # crash vmlinux dumpfile
>>
>
>
> Yes.
>
> Thanks.
Great -- thanks.
Is the "-d" dump_level option completely ignored, or can it
(without vmlinux awareness) recognize and skip zero-filled
pages?
Dave
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* Re: makedumpfile-1.1.5: Xen support
2007-07-30 12:54 ` Dave Anderson
@ 2007-07-30 22:19 ` Itsuro ODA
2007-08-10 6:56 ` Itsuro ODA
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Itsuro ODA @ 2007-07-30 22:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dave Anderson; +Cc: kexec
Hi,
> Is the "-d" dump_level option completely ignored, or can it
> (without vmlinux awareness) recognize and skip zero-filled
> pages?
Yes, "-d" is ignored.
Hmm, adding to skip zero-filled pages is easy but I wonder
how effective it is ...
Thanks.
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* Re: makedumpfile-1.1.5: Xen support
2007-07-30 22:19 ` Itsuro ODA
@ 2007-08-10 6:56 ` Itsuro ODA
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From: Itsuro ODA @ 2007-08-10 6:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ken'ichi Ohmichi; +Cc: kexec, Dave Anderson
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Hi,
> Hmm, adding to skip zero-filled pages is easy but I wonder
> how effective it is ...
I found it is sometimes effective.
The attached patch enables the "-d" option with --xen-syms.
Note that only the level 1 (skip zero-filled pages) is supported.
ex. # makedumpfile -E -d 1 --xen-syms xen-syms.debug vmcore output
Thanks.
Itsuro Oda
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:19:48 +0900
Itsuro ODA <oda@valinux.co.jp> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Is the "-d" dump_level option completely ignored, or can it
> > (without vmlinux awareness) recognize and skip zero-filled
> > pages?
>
> Yes, "-d" is ignored.
>
> Hmm, adding to skip zero-filled pages is easy but I wonder
> how effective it is ...
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Itsuro ODA <oda@valinux.co.jp>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> kexec mailing list
> kexec@lists.infradead.org
> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec
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[-- Attachment #2: patch-zero-070810 --]
[-- Type: application/octet-stream, Size: 2219 bytes --]
--- makedumpfile.c.org 2007-08-10 15:14:22.000000000 +0900
+++ makedumpfile.c 2007-08-10 15:51:16.000000000 +0900
@@ -5195,6 +5195,9 @@
int i;
struct pt_load_segment *pls;
int ret = FALSE;
+ unsigned long long paddr;
+ off_t offset_page;
+ unsigned char *buf = NULL;
/*
* NOTE: the first half of bitmap is not used for Xen extraction
@@ -5211,6 +5214,11 @@
strerror(errno));
goto out;
}
+ if ((buf = malloc(info->page_size)) == NULL) {
+ ERRMSG("Can't allocate memory for the page. %s\n",
+ strerror(errno));
+ goto out;
+ }
pfn = 0;
for (i = 0; i < info->num_load_memory; i++) {
@@ -5255,11 +5263,35 @@
* - xen heap area, or
* - selected domain page
*/
- if (_domain == 0 ||
+ if (!(_domain == 0 ||
(info->xen_heap_start <= pfn && pfn < info->xen_heap_end) ||
- ((count_info & 0xffff) && is_select_domain(info, _domain))) {
- set_bitmap(bm2.buf, pfn%PFN_BUFBITMAP, 1);
+ ((count_info & 0xffff) && is_select_domain(info, _domain)))) {
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_ZERO) {
+ paddr = (unsigned long long)pfn * info->page_size;
+ offset_page = paddr_to_offset(info, paddr);
+ if (!offset_page) {
+ ERRMSG("Can't convert physaddr(%llx) to a offset.\n",
+ paddr);
+ goto out;
+ }
+ if (lseek(info->fd_memory, offset_page,
+ SEEK_SET) == (off_t)-1) {
+ ERRMSG("Can't seek the dump memory(%s). %s\n",
+ info->name_memory, strerror(errno));
+ goto out;
+ }
+ if (read(info->fd_memory, buf, info->page_size)
+ != info->page_size) {
+ ERRMSG("Can't read the dump memory(%s). %s\n",
+ info->name_memory, strerror(errno));
+ goto out;
+ }
+ if (is_zero_page(buf, info->page_size))
+ continue;
}
+ set_bitmap(bm2.buf, pfn%PFN_BUFBITMAP, 1);
}
}
@@ -5275,6 +5307,8 @@
out:
if (bm2.buf != NULL)
free(bm2.buf);
+ if (buf != NULL)
+ free(buf);
return ret;
}
@@ -5546,7 +5580,7 @@
MSG("-E must be specified with --xen-syms or --xen-vmcoreinfo.\n");
goto out;
}
- info->dump_level = DL_EXCLUDE_XEN;
+ info->dump_level |= DL_EXCLUDE_XEN;
return handle_xen(info);
} else if (info->flag_rearrange) {
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* makedumpfile-1.1.5: Xen support
@ 2007-07-27 9:12 Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-27 11:14 ` Neil Horman
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Ken'ichi Ohmichi @ 2007-07-27 9:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kexec-ml; +Cc: Itsuro ODA, Akira Imamura, Bernhard Walle, Neil Horman
Hi,
makedumpfile version 1.1.5 is released.
Please test it. Your opinions/comments are welcome.
Explanation of makedumpfile:
To shorten the size of the dumpfile and the time of creating the
dumpfile, makedumpfile copies only the necessary pages for analysis
to the dumpfile from /proc/vmcore. You can specify the kind of
unnecessary pages with dump_level. If you want to shorten the size
further, enable the compression of the page data.
Changelog:
o Add a new feature that extracting the part of xen hypervisor and
domain-0 from /proc/vmcore. In most cases under xen environment,
it is enough to analyze a cause of system crash.
The patch was provided by Itsuro Oda.
Usage:
# makedumpfile -E --xen-syms xen-syms /proc/vmcore dumpfile
o Add a new option '-f' to overwrite existing dumpfile.
The patch was provided by Bernhard Walle.
o Add a new option '--message-level "message-level"'.
A user can specify multiple message types by setting the sum of each
message type for "message-level". The default value is '7' (Print
the progress indicator, common messages, and error messages).
0: Print nothing.
1: Print the progress indicator.
2: Print common messages.
4: Print error messages.
8: Print debugging messages.
o Fix the problem that makedumpfile complains about overlapping memory
segments. On some machines (ia64, discontigmem, and specific machine),
one pglist_data has overlapping memory segments with other nodes.
The existing makedumpfile complains about them, and it fails.
To fix the problem, overlapping memory segments is separated by
node_memblk. The idea was provided by Bernhard Walle.
o Rename makedumpfile's config file to "vmcoreinfo file".
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2007-July/000349.html
o Change the method for getting the kernel's OSRELEASE if generating
a vmcoreinfo file. A new makedumpfile gets it from a vmlinux file.
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2007-July/000319.html
o Some cleanups
- Cleanup the linux-version checking method.
The patch was provided by Neil Horman.
- Cleanup README for the building problem.
- Cleanup the method for getting the offset of page.mapping.
- Cleanup the method for reading a vmcoreinfo file.
You can download the latest makedumpfile(ver. 1.1.5) from the following URL.
Details of the change are written on the CVS page of the following site.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/makedumpfile/
Method of installation:
You can compile the makedumpfile command as follows;
1. "tar -zxvf makedumpfile-1.1.5.tar.gz"
2. "cd makedumpfile"
3. "make; make install"
Usage:
makedumpfile [-c] [-E] [-d dump_level] [-x vmlinux] dump_mem dump_file
Example:
If you want to exclude pages filled by zero, cache pages, user pages
and free pages and to enable compression, please execute the following
command.
# makedumpfile -c -d 31 -x vmlinux /proc/vmcore dumpfile
Thanks
Ken'ichi Ohmichi
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2007-07-27 9:12 Ken'ichi Ohmichi
@ 2007-07-27 11:14 ` Neil Horman
0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Neil Horman @ 2007-07-27 11:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ken'ichi Ohmichi
Cc: Itsuro ODA, Akira Imamura, Bernhard Walle, kexec-ml, Neil Horman
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 06:12:43PM +0900, Ken'ichi Ohmichi wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> makedumpfile version 1.1.5 is released.
> Please test it. Your opinions/comments are welcome.
>
> Explanation of makedumpfile:
> To shorten the size of the dumpfile and the time of creating the
> dumpfile, makedumpfile copies only the necessary pages for analysis
> to the dumpfile from /proc/vmcore. You can specify the kind of
> unnecessary pages with dump_level. If you want to shorten the size
> further, enable the compression of the page data.
>
Hey, this is too late to take into 5.1, but I'll hapily take it for 5.2
Neil
>
> Changelog:
> o Add a new feature that extracting the part of xen hypervisor and
> domain-0 from /proc/vmcore. In most cases under xen environment,
> it is enough to analyze a cause of system crash.
> The patch was provided by Itsuro Oda.
> Usage:
> # makedumpfile -E --xen-syms xen-syms /proc/vmcore dumpfile
>
> o Add a new option '-f' to overwrite existing dumpfile.
> The patch was provided by Bernhard Walle.
>
> o Add a new option '--message-level "message-level"'.
> A user can specify multiple message types by setting the sum of each
> message type for "message-level". The default value is '7' (Print
> the progress indicator, common messages, and error messages).
> 0: Print nothing.
> 1: Print the progress indicator.
> 2: Print common messages.
> 4: Print error messages.
> 8: Print debugging messages.
>
> o Fix the problem that makedumpfile complains about overlapping memory
> segments. On some machines (ia64, discontigmem, and specific machine),
> one pglist_data has overlapping memory segments with other nodes.
> The existing makedumpfile complains about them, and it fails.
> To fix the problem, overlapping memory segments is separated by
> node_memblk. The idea was provided by Bernhard Walle.
>
> o Rename makedumpfile's config file to "vmcoreinfo file".
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2007-July/000349.html
>
> o Change the method for getting the kernel's OSRELEASE if generating
> a vmcoreinfo file. A new makedumpfile gets it from a vmlinux file.
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2007-July/000319.html
>
> o Some cleanups
> - Cleanup the linux-version checking method.
> The patch was provided by Neil Horman.
> - Cleanup README for the building problem.
> - Cleanup the method for getting the offset of page.mapping.
> - Cleanup the method for reading a vmcoreinfo file.
>
>
> You can download the latest makedumpfile(ver. 1.1.5) from the following URL.
> Details of the change are written on the CVS page of the following site.
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/makedumpfile/
>
> Method of installation:
> You can compile the makedumpfile command as follows;
> 1. "tar -zxvf makedumpfile-1.1.5.tar.gz"
> 2. "cd makedumpfile"
> 3. "make; make install"
>
> Usage:
> makedumpfile [-c] [-E] [-d dump_level] [-x vmlinux] dump_mem dump_file
>
> Example:
> If you want to exclude pages filled by zero, cache pages, user pages
> and free pages and to enable compression, please execute the following
> command.
>
> # makedumpfile -c -d 31 -x vmlinux /proc/vmcore dumpfile
>
>
> Thanks
> Ken'ichi Ohmichi
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