Hi, The makedumpfile man page contains a table explaining the usage of -d. The "cache without private" column implies that -d 4 would exclude "cache without private" pages. However, a -d 4 should only exclude "cache with private". makedumpfile.h: ------------------------------------------------------------ #define DL_EXCLUDE_CACHE (0x002) /* Exclude Cache Pages without Private Pages */ ------------------------------------------------------------ makedumpfile.8: ------------------------------------------------------------ | |cache |cache | | dump | zero |without|with | user | free level | page |private|private| data | page -------+------+-------+-------+------+------ 0 | | | | | 1 | X | | | | 2 | | X | | | 3 | X | X | | | 4 | | X | X | | 5 | X | X | X | | 6 | | X | X | | 7 | X | X | X | | 8 | | | | X | ------------------------------------------------------------ Signed-off-by: Harshula Jayasuriya <harshula at redhat.com> --- makedumpfile.8 | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/makedumpfile.8 b/makedumpfile.8 index 9cb12c0..382c6ee 100644 --- a/makedumpfile.8 +++ b/makedumpfile.8 @@ -174,32 +174,32 @@ by dump_level 11, makedumpfile retries it by dump_level 31. 1 | X | | | | 2 | | X | | | 3 | X | X | | | - 4 | | X | X | | - 5 | X | X | X | | + 4 | | | X | | + 5 | X | | X | | 6 | | X | X | | 7 | X | X | X | | 8 | | | | X | 9 | X | | | X | 10 | | X | | X | 11 | X | X | | X | - 12 | | X | X | X | - 13 | X | X | X | X | + 12 | | | X | X | + 13 | X | | X | X | 14 | | X | X | X | 15 | X | X | X | X | 16 | | | | | X 17 | X | | | | X 18 | | X | | | X 19 | X | X | | | X - 20 | | X | X | | X - 21 | X | X | X | | X + 20 | | | X | | X + 21 | X | | X | | X 22 | | X | X | | X 23 | X | X | X | | X 24 | | | | X | X 25 | X | | | X | X 26 | | X | | X | X 27 | X | X | | X | X - 28 | | X | X | X | X - 29 | X | X | X | X | X + 28 | | | X | X | X + 29 | X | | X | X | X 30 | | X | X | X | X 31 | X | X | X | X | X -- 1.9.3