Re: Linux Kernel Dump Summit 2005

Hugh Dickins
2005-10-18T14:11:19Z

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