Hi Don, On 2012/03/30 09:19:16 -0400, Don Zickus <dzickus at redhat.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 06:43:34PM +0900, Atsushi Kumagai wrote: > > Hello Don, > > Does setting TMPDIR solve your problem ? Please refer to the man page. > > > > > > ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES > > TMPDIR This environment variable is for a temporary memory bitmap > > file. If your machine has a lots of memory and you use tmpfs > > on /tmp, makedumpfile can fail for a little memory in the 2nd > > kernel because makedumpfile makes a very large temporary memory > > bitmap file in this case. To avoid this failure, you can set a > > TMPDIR environment variable. If you do not set a TMPDIR envi- > > ronment variable, makedumpfile uses /tmp directory for a tempo- > > rary bitmap file as a default. > > I do not think it will because we run the second kernel inside the > initramfs and do not mount any extra disks. So the only location available > for the temporary memory bitmap would be memory either tmpfs or something > else. Regardless the file ends up in memory. If a file system for a dump file is on the local system, it is effective that we specify a directory as TMPDIR in the same file system, isn't it? Thanks tachibana > > > > > > > On the other hand, I'm considering the enhancement suggested by Hatayama-san now. > > His idea looks interesting if it works. Thanks. > > Cheers, > Don > > _______________________________________________ > kexec mailing list > kexec at lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec
