Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 23:42:46 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org>, "src-committers@FreeBSD.org" <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, "svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org" <svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org>, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org>, Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>, Navdeep Parhar <np@FreeBSD.org>, "svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org" <svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r244112 - head/sys/kern Message-ID: <20121215224245.GI1411@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <03D95002-35FE-4880-80FA-3E97944AB988@mu.org> References: <CAJ-Vmo=U04GX%2BZyKuzXLwV%2BPpzU6_dm5BCmL=DWfsmhTVAR%2BsA@mail.gmail.com> <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>
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--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--
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