On Fri, Nov 08, 2013 at 02:58:24PM -0500, Dave Anderson wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > > Does this mean these kernel pages are *not* zero? > > The reason the answer is "not necessarily" is because it is highly > likely that a zero-filled page may have been pre-filtered by one of the > other DL_EXCLUDE_xxx bits, and therefore it would have been excluded > prior to the subsequent DL_EXCLUDE_ZERO check. > > And again, the --zero_excluded flag allows a crash user to prevent > a command from failing due to an excluded page. But the result of > doing so is also completely unpredictable, so it should only be used > with care and understanding... Thanks. I suspect the page is free and will dig into the memory allocator. Stefan -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility
