[PATCH v2] makedumpfile: request the kernel do page scans
Cliff Wickman
cpw at sgi.com
Mon Jan 7 08:39:35 EST 2013
An update on testing thise patches:
> This version of the patch improves the consolidation of the mem_map table
> that is passed to the kernel. See make_kernel_mmap().
> Particularly the seemingly duplicate pfn ranges generated on an older
> (2.6.32-based, rhel6) kernel.
On a 2TB machine (idle) machine:
the crash kernel ran successfully in 512M
the scan for unnecessary pages takes about 40 seconds
it was a single scan, not cyclic
On a 16TB machine (idle) machine:
the crash kernel ran successfully in 512M
there is a pause of about 4 minutes during makedumpfile initialization
the scan for unnecessary pages takes about 4.8 minutes
it was a single scan, not cyclic
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