From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1TTCx2-0008UM-C5 for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:37:57 +0000 Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:37:50 -0400 From: Vivek Goyal Subject: Re: [Patch 0/2] Exclude hwpoison page from vmcore dump Message-ID: <20121030143750.GF2290@redhat.com> References: <508FDEF3.8030601@hitachi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <508FDEF3.8030601@hitachi.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Mitsuhiro Tanino Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Eric W. Biederman" On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:06:43PM +0900, Mitsuhiro Tanino wrote: [..] > These patches introduce a new "-p" option into "makedumpfile" to > exclude hwpoison page from vmcore. Why to introduce this option "-p"? Until and unless there are serious side effects, this should be default functionality. Isn't it? Who would like to touch/save poisoned pages and run into MCE? Thanks Vivek _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932962Ab2J3Oh7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:37:59 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:60824 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759391Ab2J3Oh6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:37:58 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:37:50 -0400 From: Vivek Goyal To: Mitsuhiro Tanino Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Eric W. Biederman" Subject: Re: [Patch 0/2] Exclude hwpoison page from vmcore dump Message-ID: <20121030143750.GF2290@redhat.com> References: <508FDEF3.8030601@hitachi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <508FDEF3.8030601@hitachi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:06:43PM +0900, Mitsuhiro Tanino wrote: [..] > These patches introduce a new "-p" option into "makedumpfile" to > exclude hwpoison page from vmcore. Why to introduce this option "-p"? Until and unless there are serious side effects, this should be default functionality. Isn't it? Who would like to touch/save poisoned pages and run into MCE? Thanks Vivek