Re: [Crash-utility] Crash physical search on live session not recommended :-)
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While testing my search patch, I kicked off an unconstrained
physical
search on a live session and hung the machine so thoroughly that it
required a visit to the machine room to physically unplug it to get the
remote console back up. Coincidence? Or should physical address search
on a live session be constrained somehow for safety?
Bob Montgomery
Maybe so -- I had no problem with any of the systems I've tested it on.
Is it always reproducible on that system?
And does that system use /dev/mem or /dev/crash?
It would be interesting to know if a particular physical address caused it,
or if there are physical pages that are read that are *not* read when an
unconstrained kernel virtual search is done?
Dave