On 05/02, Dave Anderson wrote: > > > So how should I define LOCAL_ACTIVE() ? As for this patchset I can equally do > > > > #define LOCAL_ACTIVE() ((pc->flags & (LIVE_SYSTEM|LIVEDUMP)) == LIVE_SYSTEM) > > > > I do not like this because I still think that LOCAL_ACTIVE doesn't need to > > know about LIVEDUMP added by this series, but I won't argue. > > I have no problem with LOCAL_ACTIVE() being defined like that. OK, so I will keep it for now... > However, now I'm wondering whether "LIVEDUMP" should be renamed to differentiate it > from LIVE_DUMP. LIVE_DUMP means one of two things: > > (1) On an s390x, a dumpfile was take by firmware of a running system. > (2) The snap.so extension module was used to create an ELF vmcore of a running system. > > So both are static dumpfiles, but were taken while the system was running live. > > In this case, it's more like /dev/mem et al, and it's non-static. Maybe "LIVE_RAMDUMP"? Agreed, LIVE_RAMDUMP looks much better. OK, I'll add this change too and send you V3. Oleg. -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility
