From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 15 22:41:18 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A44E3B9A; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:41:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pawel@dawidek.net) Received: from mail.dawidek.net (garage.dawidek.net [91.121.88.72]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 552EB8FC0A; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:41:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (89-73-195-149.dynamic.chello.pl [89.73.195.149]) by mail.dawidek.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C8EB5BBF; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 23:39:05 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 23:42:46 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek To: Alfred Perlstein Subject: Re: svn commit: r244112 - head/sys/kern Message-ID: <20121215224245.GI1411@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <201212121658.49048.jhb@freebsd.org> <50C90567.8080406@FreeBSD.org> <50C909BD.9090709@mu.org> <50C91B32.4080904@FreeBSD.org> <50C91CD3.7030900@mu.org> <50C9206D.6080502@FreeBSD.org> <50C9271C.70803@mu.org> <20121215210333.GH1411@garage.freebsd.pl> <03D95002-35FE-4880-80FA-3E97944AB988@mu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="QDIl5R72YNOeCxaP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <03D95002-35FE-4880-80FA-3E97944AB988@mu.org> X-OS: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT amd64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Adrian Chadd , "src-committers@FreeBSD.org" , John Baldwin , "svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org" , Alfred Perlstein , Andriy Gapon , Navdeep Parhar , "svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org" X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:41:18 -0000 --QDIl5R72YNOeCxaP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 02:33:37PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Your use case (small swap & large ram) is exactly why I would like to try= this.=20 >=20 > Do you object? Let me quote myself, because you clearly missed my position: "I'm not against this change, but I would not use it myself." I hope that's fine by you!:) > > Well... :) savecore(8) has an option to compress the dumps. The only use > > case for compressing-while-dumping I see is small swap/dump partition. > > I'm not against this change, but I would not use it myself. When you are > > dumping your kernel is in undefined state, so the less code you execute > > in that state the higher chances your dump will succeed. I much prefer > > to either compress the dumps with savecore(8) or use ZFS dataset with > > compression enabled for /var/crash/. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheelsystems.com FreeBSD committer http://www.FreeBSD.org Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! http://tupytaj.pl --QDIl5R72YNOeCxaP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlDM/OUACgkQForvXbEpPzSeLQCgpAte8MHVLofWEO6DVFlCUzYZ KTgAn1sL8lczexUsX4u/HFVTNEFNA/eI =DmaK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --QDIl5R72YNOeCxaP--