Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] proc/kcore: add vmcoreinfo note to /proc/kcore

2018-07-17 Thread Omar Sandoval
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 07:44:21PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:09:39 -0700 Omar Sandoval wrote: > > > From: Omar Sandoval > > > > The vmcoreinfo information is useful for runtime debugging tools, not > > just for crash dumps. A lot of this information can be determined

Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] proc/kcore: add vmcoreinfo note to /proc/kcore

2018-07-17 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:09:39 -0700 Omar Sandoval wrote: > From: Omar Sandoval > > The vmcoreinfo information is useful for runtime debugging tools, not > just for crash dumps. A lot of this information can be determined by > other means, but this is much more convenient. > What effect does th

[PATCH v2 7/7] proc/kcore: add vmcoreinfo note to /proc/kcore

2018-07-12 Thread Omar Sandoval
From: Omar Sandoval The vmcoreinfo information is useful for runtime debugging tools, not just for crash dumps. A lot of this information can be determined by other means, but this is much more convenient. Signed-off-by: Omar Sandoval --- fs/proc/Kconfig| 1 + fs/proc/kcore.c