`makedumpfile --mem-usage /proc/kcore` has been broken after kaslr specific modifications. A kernel patch has been ACKed by Andrew Morton and has been sent to Linus now [0]. This kernel patch helps to fix the issue for both the case of kaslr enabled and disabled. [0] http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm-commits&m=148823497215968&w=2 Changes since v1: - One more patch..Now mem-usage with older kernel (< 4.11) will only work when that has been rightly patched and -f has been used in makedumpfile command line. Baoquan He (2): makedumpfile: Correct the calculation of kvaddr in set_kcore_vmcoreinfo makedumpfile: Discard process_dump_load Pratyush Anand (5): show_mem_usage(): calculate page offset after elf load initial(): call cach_init() a bit early x86_64: check physical address in PT_LOAD for none direct mapped regions elf_info: kcore: check for invalid physical address mem-usage: allow to work only with -f for kernel version < 4.11 arch/x86_64.c | 6 ++++-- elf_info.c | 25 +++++-------------------- makedumpfile.c | 18 ++++++++++++------ 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) -- 2.9.3
