Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC 3/6] kexec: export PG_offline to VMCOREINFO | From | David Hildenbrand <> | Date | Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:23:13 +0100 |
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On 15.11.18 07:19, Dave Young wrote: > Hi David, > > On 11/14/18 at 10:17pm, David Hildenbrand wrote: >> Let's export PG_offline via PAGE_OFFLINE_MAPCOUNT_VALUE, so >> makedumpfile can directly skip pages that are logically offline and the >> content therefore stale. > > It would be good to copy some background info from cover letter to the > patch description so that we can get better understanding why this is > needed now.
Yes, will add more detail!
> > BTW, Lianbo is working on a documentation of the vmcoreinfo exported > fields. Ccing him so that he is aware of this. > > Also cc Boris, although I do not want the doc changes blocks this > he might have different opinion :)
I'll be happy to help updating documentation (or updating it myself if the doc updates go in first).
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Thanks,
David / dhildenb
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