Re: [Crash-utility] [PATCH 1/1 V2] crash: initial note of excluded page structures
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Okay. I'll just make issue a more general warning like:
WARNING: All unused vmemmap page structures are excluded from this dump.
This will cause failures in any command that accesses page
structures of pages that are not included in the dump. This
is particularly likely when using several options of the
kmem command.
If that looks reasonable to you.
-Cliff
The term "unused vmemmap page structures" is confusing, given that they
were certainly used during the kernel's life, and still serve a purpose.
I think the message should make it perfectly clear that the vmemmap page
exclusion was purposely done by the user/administrator.
How about something like: "the vmemmap page structures that are associated
with the memory pages excluded by the "makedumpfile -d <level>" option
have
been excluded from this dump"?
Dave