On 04/26, Dave Anderson wrote: > > > I see. What I can't understand is why (2) sets KDUMP but switches to > > pc->readmem = read_ramdump() instead of read_kdump(), even if it creates the > > same elf vmcore. > > I didn't write this code, but here's how I understand it. > > (1) If the crash command line contains a memory@address reference, then it's describing > a ramdump, and it calls ramdump_to_elf() to create an ELF header. > > (2) If "-o dumpfile" had also been specified, then it creates a new ELF vmcore file. > > (3) If "-o" was not used, then it creates a temporary in-memory ELF header. Yes, thank, I see. I didn't notice that write_elf() doesn't "copy" ramdump's into elf file if "-o" was not used, it only creates a header. Oleg. -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility
