On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:57:03 -0800 ebied...@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) wrote:
> Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org> writes: > > > Is there any way in which we can move some of this logic into the > > kernel? In this case, add some kernel code which uses PageBuddy() on > > behalf of makedumpfile, rather than replicating the PageBuddy() logic > > in userspace? > > All that exists when makedumpfile runs is a core file. So it would have > to be something like a share library that builds with the kernel and > then makedumpfile loads. Can we omit free pages from that core file? And/or add a section to that core file which flags free pages? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
