Results of the simple experiment:
$ time makedumpfile -l -d 31 -F /proc/vmcore | cat > dump.l Copying data : [100.0 %] / eta: 0s makedumpfile Completed. real 0m0.417s #### $ time makedumpfile -c -d 31 -F /proc/vmcore | cat > dump.c Copying data : [100.0 %] | eta: 0s makedumpfile Completed. real 0m1.866s #### $ time makedumpfile -z -d 31 -F /proc/vmcore | cat > dump.z Copying data : [100.0 %] / eta: 0s makedumpfile Completed. real 0m0.802s #### $ ls -lh dump.* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29M Nov 1 14:04 dump.c -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43M Nov 1 14:05 dump.l -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26M Nov 1 14:05 dump.z -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1949395 Title: [RFE] Add zstd support for makedumpfile and use it by default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/+bug/1949395/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs