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From: CAI Qian <caiqian@redhat.com>
To: oomichi@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp
Cc: usui@mxm.nes.nec.co.jp, tindoh@redhat.com,
	kexec@lists.infradead.org, caiqian@redhat.com,
	anderson@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] make '-x'/'-i' option unnecessary for re-filtering.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:59:37 +0800 (CST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091016.235937.202130176.caiqian@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AD40DB4.6030808@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp>

Hello Ken'ichi!

This series of patches is working great here.

Thanks!
CAI Qian

From: "Ken'ichi Ohmichi" <oomichi@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp>
Subject: [PATCH 0/5] make '-x'/'-i' option unnecessary for re-filtering.
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:18:44 +0900

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Ken'ichi Ohmichi wrote:
>> Hi CAI,
>> 
>> Thank you for testing and a good point.
>> 
>> CAI Qian wrote:
>>>> makedumpfile version 1.3.4 is released.
>>>> Your comments/patches are welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Changelog:
>>>>  o New feature
>>>>    - Support kdump-compressed format for input file. (by Takao Indoh)
>>>>       A new makedumpfile can read dumpfile which is kdump-compressed format
>>>>       instead of /proc/vmcore and re-filter it.
>>> Does it need to specify either a vmlinux or vmcoreinfo file?
>> 
>> Yes, we need to do it for re-filtering now.
>> But it is not difficult to implement a feature that it is not
>> necessary to specify either a vmlinux or vmcoreinfo file for
>> re-filtering. I will try to implement the feature.
> 
> I created the patchset for implementing the above feature.
> Any comments/patches are welcome.
> 
> ---
> [PATCH 0/5] make '-x'/'-i' option unnecessary for re-filtering.
> 
> makedumpfile v1.3.4 can read a dumpfile which is kdump-compressed
> format instead of /proc/vmcore and re-filter it.
> 
> When re-filtering, it is necessary to specify '-x'/'-i' option.
> If not specifying, makedumpfile fails like the following:
> 
>  # ./makedumpfile -c -d 3 vmcore vmcore.1
>  ...
>  The dumpfile is saved to vmcore.1
>  ...
>  #
>  # /makedumpfile -c -d 31 vmcore.1 vmcore.2
>  vmcore.1 doesn't contain vmcoreinfo.
>  Specify '-x' option or '-i' option.
>  Commandline parameter is invalid.
>  Try `makedumpfile --help' for more information.
>  #
> 
> For usability, this patchset makes '-x'/'-i' option unnecessary
> for re-filtering.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Ken'ichi Ohmichi
> 
> 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-10-16 15:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-09  2:40 makedumpfile-1.3.4: Support kdump-compressed format for input file Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2009-10-09  8:22 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2009-10-10  8:51 ` CAI Qian
2009-10-13  1:02   ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2009-10-13  5:18     ` [PATCH 0/5] make '-x'/'-i' option unnecessary for re-filtering Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2009-10-13  5:19       ` [PATCH 1/5] Cleanup: Set a meaning value for KDUMP_SUB_HEADER_BLOCKS Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2009-10-13  5:19       ` [PATCH 2/5] Cleanup: Fix some indents in write_kdump_header() Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2009-10-13  5:20       ` {PATCH 3/5] Cleanup: Shorten the declaration name of kdump_sub_header Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2009-10-13  5:20       ` [PATCH 4/5] Store vmcoreinfo data into a kdump-compressed dumpfile Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2009-10-13  5:20       ` [PATCH 5/5] Read vmcoreinfo data from " Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2009-10-16 15:59       ` CAI Qian [this message]
2009-10-19  5:21         ` [PATCH 0/5] make '-x'/'-i' option unnecessary for re-filtering Ken'ichi Ohmichi

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