> > If we can fix it with a small patch in adance, it is really helpful for us. > > As I said in my email I just sent, it may not help you without testing it. > As there are probably other problems in that un-tested theoretical scenario.
OK. I understood. > > > > 2) > > In the long term, I plan to add a kmsg_dump to a kexec path because kdump > > may fail in the real world. > > In that case, we need another troubleshooting material like pstore to > > detect a root cause of failure. > > But you are assuming that kmsg_dump is perfect and it isn't, in which case by > putting kmsg_dump in the kdump path, you actually may > be blocking kdump from working. That is why I'm trying to fix problems of pstore in panic path right now. If kmsg_dump/pstore/platform drivers work well in panic path, they work in kdump path as well. Seiji -- 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/
