From: Cliff Wickman <cpw@xxxxxxx> If there is not enough memory available to run in cyclic mode display how much more would be needed to do so. Diffed against makedumpfile-1.5.4 Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman <cpw at sgi.com> --- makedumpfile.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: makedumpfile-1.5.4/makedumpfile.c =================================================================== --- makedumpfile-1.5.4.orig/makedumpfile.c +++ makedumpfile-1.5.4/makedumpfile.c @@ -7778,11 +7778,15 @@ plenty_of_memory(void) { unsigned long free_size; unsigned long needed_size; + long slack = 10; /* 10M extra */ + long meg = 1024*1024; free_size = get_free_memory_size(); - needed_size = (info->max_mapnr * 2) / BITPERBYTE; - if (free_size > (needed_size + (10*1024*1024))) + needed_size = ((info->max_mapnr * 2) / BITPERBYTE) + (slack * meg); + if (free_size > needed_size) return 1; + PROGRESS_MSG("Need %ldM more memory to use noncyclic mode.\n", + (needed_size - free_size)/meg); return 0; }