Hello Aruna, On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:12:48 +0530 Aruna Balakrishnaiah <arunabal at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > I'm reviewing your patch and it looks good. > > > > However, I can't guess that the segmentation fault caused > > by --split option because --split option doesn't require an argument. > > > > Would you tell me the case that you thought. > This is the case, > > makedumpfile --split -x /boot/vmlinuz vmcore vm1 vm2 > > when used compressed vmlinux with -x. Thank you for your reply, I understand. I merged your patch into makedumpfile-1.4.3. Thanks Atsushi Kumagai