From: Qiao Nuohan <qiaonuohan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Qiao Nuohan <qiaonuohan at cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhou wenjian <zhouwj-fnst at cn.fujitsu.com>
---
makedumpfile.8 | 13 +++++++++++++
print_info.c | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/makedumpfile.8 b/makedumpfile.8
index 2d38cd0..155cc4c 100644
--- a/makedumpfile.8
+++ b/makedumpfile.8
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ makedumpfile \- make a small dumpfile of kdump
.br
\fBmakedumpfile\fR \-\-split [\fIOPTION\fR] [\-x \fIVMLINUX\fR|\-i \fIVMCOREINFO\fR] \fIVMCORE\fR \fIDUMPFILE1\fR \fIDUMPFILE2\fR [\fIDUMPFILE3\fR ..]
.br
+\fBmakedumpfile\fR [\fIOPTION\fR] [\-x \fIVMLINUX\fR|\-i \fIVMCOREINFO\fR] \-\-num\-threads \fITHREADNUM\fR \fIVMCORE\fR \fIDUMPFILE\fR
+.br
\fBmakedumpfile\fR \-\-reassemble \fIDUMPFILE1\fR \fIDUMPFILE2\fR [\fIDUMPFILE3\fR ..] \fIDUMPFILE\fR
.br
\fBmakedumpfile\fR \-g \fIVMCOREINFO\fR \-x \fIVMLINUX\fR
@@ -371,6 +373,17 @@ the kdump\-compressed format.
# makedumpfile \-\-split \-d 31 \-x vmlinux /proc/vmcore dumpfile1 dumpfile2
.TP
+\fB\-\-num\-threads\fR \fITHREADNUM\fR
+Using multiple threads to read and compress data of each page in parallel.
+And it will reduces time for saving \fIDUMPFILE\fR.
+This feature only supports creating \fIDUMPFILE\fR in kdump\-comressed
+format from \fIVMCORE\fR in kdump\-compressed format or elf format.
+.br
+.B Example:
+.br
+# makedumpfile \-d 31 \-\-num\-threads 4 /proc/vmcore dumpfile
+
+.TP
\fB\-\-reassemble\fR
Reassemble multiple \fIDUMPFILE\fRs, which are created by \-\-split option,
into one \fIDUMPFILE\fR. dumpfile1 and dumpfile2 are reassembled into dumpfile
diff --git a/print_info.c b/print_info.c
index 9c36bec..ed4451c 100644
--- a/print_info.c
+++ b/print_info.c
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ print_usage(void)
MSG(" # makedumpfile --split [OPTION] [-x VMLINUX|-i VMCOREINFO] VMCORE DUMPFILE1\n");
MSG(" DUMPFILE2 [DUMPFILE3 ..]\n");
MSG("\n");
+ MSG(" Using multiple threads to create DUMPFILE in parallel:\n");
+ MSG(" # makedumpfile [OPTION] [-x VMLINUX|-i VMCOREINFO] --num-threads THREADNUM\n");
+ MSG(" VMCORE DUMPFILE1\n");
+ MSG("\n");
MSG(" Reassemble multiple DUMPFILEs:\n");
MSG(" # makedumpfile --reassemble DUMPFILE1 DUMPFILE2 [DUMPFILE3 ..] DUMPFILE\n");
MSG("\n");
@@ -184,6 +188,12 @@ print_usage(void)
MSG(" by the number of DUMPFILEs.\n");
MSG(" This feature supports only the kdump-compressed format.\n");
MSG("\n");
+ MSG(" [--num-threads THREADNUM]:\n");
+ MSG(" Using multiple threads to read and compress data of each page in parallel.\n");
+ MSG(" And it will reduces time for saving DUMPFILE.\n");
+ MSG(" This feature only supports creating DUMPFILE in kdump-comressed format from\n");
+ MSG(" VMCORE in kdump-compressed format or elf format.\n");
+ MSG("\n");
MSG(" [--reassemble]:\n");
MSG(" Reassemble multiple DUMPFILEs, which are created by --split option,\n");
MSG(" into one DUMPFILE. dumpfile1 and dumpfile2 are reassembled into dumpfile.\n");
--
1.8.3.1
