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From: "Daniel Eriksson" <daniel_k_eriksson@telia.com>
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Subject: Debugging a production server?
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=20
What can I do to optimize my debugging ability on a production server =
(where
no slowdown during normal operation is acceptable)? Will compiling the
kernel with debug symbols and DDB cause any performance degradation? Any
other options I should consider? The goal is to be able to do some =
simple
investigation myself and write fully detailed PRs.
=20
Also, how clever is the core dumping code? Will it be able to handle =
swap
spread out over two discs (as long as total size is larger than my RAM)? =
If
not, what about a situation where there's three swap areas, but only one =
of
them is bigger than the RAM?
=20
/Daniel Eriksson