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Date:      Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:42:57 +0200
From:      Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DDB capture buffer
Message-ID:  <20090913104257.7e042f45@ernst.jennejohn.org>
In-Reply-To: <86fxasl154.fsf@ds4.des.no>
References:  <86fxasl154.fsf@ds4.des.no>

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On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:53:59 +0200
Dag-Erling Sm__rgrav <des@des.no> wrote:

> The default maximum size of the DDB capture buffer is 48 kB.  This is
> ridiculously low; it's not even nearly enough to capture the output from
> the first example in textdump(4):
> 
>     script kdb.enter.panic=textdump set; capture on; show allpcpu; bt;
>          ps; alltrace; show alllocks; call doadump; reset
> 
> Would anyone object to increasing it to 1 MB?  DDB is opt-in, so it will
> only affect people who compile it into their kernel (or -CURRENT users
> who don't compile it out; they have it coming).
> 

I'd say it's a good idea, as long as you put a warning in UPDATING for people
using e.g. embedded devices with little memory.  It's reasonable to expect such
users to customize their kernel configs.

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Gary Jennejohn



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