Re: [Crash-utility] [Patch 1/4][kernel][slimdump] Add new elf-note of type NT_NOCOREDUMP to capture slimdump

On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:31:11 +0200, Borislav Petkov said: > On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 12:37:28PM +0530, K.Prasad wrote: > > True. Like stated by me earlier, there could be two possible outcomes > > from capturing memory dump in such cases - they're either dangerous or > > doesn't make sense. > > Why, in the second example the only corruption is to the L2 cache so > your memory image is intact. Why wouldn't you want to capture a memory > dump then? It is business as usual in that case. I'll bite. What's the use case for bothering to capture a memory dump when you're looking at an MCE that indicates L2 cache corruption? What additional useful information could you possibly get from the dump?