On 2012-11-15 19:57, Dave Anderson wrote: ... >>> Again, how distributions will handle it. If it is being integrated >>> makedumpfile, as opposed to an stand alone utility, that means it >>> makedumpfile needs to link against this library so that somebody can >>> later filter out the symbols. And that means initramfs size bloat >>> too? >> >> Yes, makedumpfile needs to be linked against eppic library for filtering >> data and this will increase makedumpfile size and initramfs size too. > > Just to clarify -- your example indicates that the vmlinux file is required > for this facility to work, correct? Yes vmlinux file is required > >> makedumpfile -c -d 31 -x vmlinux --eppic key.c vmcore filtered_vmcore > > Clearly distros won't be putting the vmlinux file in the initramfs -- that's > the whole reasoning behind vmcoreinfo. So the 99% of users that aren't > interested in scrubbing will have to pay the penalty of the larger makedumpfile > binary. vmlinux is not required in intitramfs as the filtering is done during post processing i.e., after the the dump ia saved > > Dave > -- Regards, Aravinda
