----- Original Message -----
> Hi, Indoh-san,
>
> ptdump does not support retrieving the trace data from the live system.
> However, the current error message does not tell so.
> When the crash analyses a live system, ptdump only displays the following
> message:
>
> crash> ptdump foo
> ptdump: invalid size request: 0 type: "read page for write"
>
> I think it's better to have a different message to let users know why error
> occurs.
> Therefore, I added the following error message in ptdump:
>
> crash> ptdump foo
> ptdump: no support on live system
>
> Please merge this patch.
Hello Yugi,
In the absence of a response from Takao, I will go ahead and update
the package next week.
Thanks,
Dave
>
> ---
> ptdump.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/ptdump.c b/ptdump.c
> index 8d5c367..44b19fb 100644
> --- a/ptdump.c
> +++ b/ptdump.c
> @@ -491,6 +491,9 @@ cmd_ptdump(void)
> if (argcnt != 2)
> cmd_usage(pc->curcmd, SYNOPSIS);
>
> + if (ACTIVE())
> + error(FATAL, "no support on live system\n");
> +
> outdir = args[1];
> if ((ret = mkdir(outdir, mode))) {
> fprintf(fp, "Cannot create directory %s: %d\n", outdir, ret);
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
> Regards,
> --
> Yuki Inoguchi
>
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