[PATCH v2 0/8] makedumpfile: makedumpfile enhancement to filter out kernel data from vmcore

[Dave Anderson]

----- Original Message -----
>
> > The data to be erased is poisoned with character 'X' (58 in Hex).
> >
> > The last two patches 7/8 and 8/8 introduces eraseinfo section into
> > filtered compressed kdump and ELF kdump file. The compressed kdump file
> > now carries additional fields namely offset_eraseinfo and size_eraseinfo in
> > kdump sub header that can help crash to identify whether filtering is
> > been done. Similarly, ELF kdump file now contains new ELF note of type
> > NT_ERASEINFO, that can help crash to identify whether the filtering has been
> > done or not.
> 
> And how this information is useful to crash? I mean why would crash care
> whether filtering has been done or not and if filtering has been done
> then do what?

It's not particularly useful to crash per se -- but rather it would be 
useful to a user trying to analyze the dumpfile.  If a prominent warning
message is displayed early on during invocation, then it won't be a big
surprise if/when things are subsequently broken/crippled.

Dave
 
> Thanks
> Vivek