From: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
To: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] mm: add get_dump_page
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:57:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AA6A8FC.9080301@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0909072231120.15430@sister.anvils>
Hugh Dickins wrote:
> In preparation for the next patch, add a simple get_dump_page(addr)
> interface for the CONFIG_ELF_CORE dumpers to use, instead of calling
> get_user_pages() directly. They're not interested in errors: they
> just want to use holes as much as possible, to save space and make
> sure that the data is aligned where the headers said it would be.
>
> Oh, and don't use that horrid DUMP_SEEK(off) macro!
>
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
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From: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
To: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] mm: add get_dump_page
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:57:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AA6A8FC.9080301@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0909072231120.15430@sister.anvils>
Hugh Dickins wrote:
> In preparation for the next patch, add a simple get_dump_page(addr)
> interface for the CONFIG_ELF_CORE dumpers to use, instead of calling
> get_user_pages() directly. They're not interested in errors: they
> just want to use holes as much as possible, to save space and make
> sure that the data is aligned where the headers said it would be.
>
> Oh, and don't use that horrid DUMP_SEEK(off) macro!
>
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
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Thread overview: 105+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-07 21:26 [PATCH 0/8] mm: around get_user_pages flags Hugh Dickins
2009-09-07 21:26 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-07 21:29 ` [PATCH 1/8] mm: munlock use follow_page Hugh Dickins
2009-09-07 21:29 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 2:58 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-09-08 2:58 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-09-08 11:30 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 11:30 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 17:10 ` Rik van Riel
2009-09-08 17:10 ` Rik van Riel
2009-09-09 15:59 ` Minchan Kim
2009-09-09 15:59 ` Minchan Kim
2009-09-11 11:07 ` Hiroaki Wakabayashi
2009-09-11 11:07 ` Hiroaki Wakabayashi
2009-09-07 21:31 ` [PATCH 2/8] mm: remove unused GUP flags Hugh Dickins
2009-09-07 21:31 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 17:27 ` Rik van Riel
2009-09-08 17:27 ` Rik van Riel
2009-09-07 21:33 ` [PATCH 3/8] mm: add get_dump_page Hugh Dickins
2009-09-07 21:33 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 18:57 ` Rik van Riel [this message]
2009-09-08 18:57 ` Rik van Riel
2009-09-07 21:35 ` [PATCH 4/8] mm: FOLL_DUMP replace FOLL_ANON Hugh Dickins
2009-09-07 21:35 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 18:59 ` Rik van Riel
2009-09-08 18:59 ` Rik van Riel
2009-09-09 11:14 ` Mel Gorman
2009-09-09 11:14 ` Mel Gorman
2009-09-09 16:16 ` Minchan Kim
2009-09-09 16:16 ` Minchan Kim
2009-09-13 15:46 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-13 23:05 ` Minchan Kim
2009-09-13 23:05 ` Minchan Kim
2009-09-07 21:37 ` [PATCH 5/8] mm: follow_hugetlb_page flags Hugh Dickins
2009-09-07 21:37 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 22:21 ` Rik van Riel
2009-09-08 22:21 ` Rik van Riel
2009-09-09 11:31 ` Mel Gorman
2009-09-09 11:31 ` Mel Gorman
2009-09-13 15:35 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-13 15:35 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-14 13:27 ` Mel Gorman
2009-09-14 13:27 ` Mel Gorman
2009-09-15 20:26 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-15 20:26 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-07 21:38 ` [PATCH 6/8] mm: fix anonymous dirtying Hugh Dickins
2009-09-07 21:38 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 22:23 ` Rik van Riel
2009-09-08 22:23 ` Rik van Riel
2009-09-07 21:39 ` [PATCH 7/8] mm: reinstate ZERO_PAGE Hugh Dickins
2009-09-07 21:39 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 2:37 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-09-08 2:37 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-09-08 11:56 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 11:56 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-09 1:44 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-09-09 1:44 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-09-15 20:15 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-15 20:15 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 7:31 ` Nick Piggin
2009-09-08 7:31 ` Nick Piggin
2009-09-08 12:17 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 12:17 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 15:34 ` Nick Piggin
2009-09-08 15:34 ` Nick Piggin
2009-09-08 16:40 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 16:40 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-08 14:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-09-08 14:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-09-08 23:35 ` Rik van Riel
2009-09-08 23:35 ` Rik van Riel
2009-09-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 8/8] mm: FOLL flags for GUP flags Hugh Dickins
2009-09-07 21:40 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-07 23:51 ` [PATCH 0/8] mm: around get_user_pages flags Linus Torvalds
2009-09-07 23:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-09-07 23:52 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-09-07 23:52 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-09-08 0:00 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-09-08 0:00 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-09-10 0:33 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-09-10 0:33 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-09-15 20:16 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-15 20:16 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-15 20:30 ` [PATCH 0/4] mm: mlock, hugetlb, zero followups Hugh Dickins
2009-09-15 20:30 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-15 20:31 ` [PATCH 1/4] mm: m(un)lock avoid ZERO_PAGE Hugh Dickins
2009-09-15 20:31 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-16 0:08 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-09-16 0:08 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-09-16 9:35 ` Mel Gorman
2009-09-16 9:35 ` Mel Gorman
2009-09-16 11:40 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-16 11:40 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-16 12:47 ` Mel Gorman
2009-09-16 12:47 ` Mel Gorman
2009-09-15 20:33 ` [PATCH 2/4] mm: hugetlbfs_pagecache_present Hugh Dickins
2009-09-15 20:33 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-15 20:37 ` [PATCH 3/4] mm: ZERO_PAGE without PTE_SPECIAL Hugh Dickins
2009-09-15 20:37 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-16 6:20 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-09-16 6:20 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-09-15 20:38 ` [PATCH 4/4] mm: move highest_memmap_pfn Hugh Dickins
2009-09-15 20:38 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-09-17 0:33 ` [PATCH 0/4] mm: mlock, hugetlb, zero followups KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-09-17 0:33 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
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