----- Original Message ----- > While testing my search patch, I kicked off an unconstrained physical > search on a live session and hung the machine so thoroughly that it > required a visit to the machine room to physically unplug it to get the > remote console back up. Coincidence? Or should physical address search > on a live session be constrained somehow for safety? > > Bob Montgomery Maybe so -- I had no problem with any of the systems I've tested it on. Is it always reproducible on that system? And does that system use /dev/mem or /dev/crash? It would be interesting to know if a particular physical address caused it, or if there are physical pages that are read that are *not* read when an unconstrained kernel virtual search is done? Dave -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility
