Hi, On 02 Feb 2005 07:45:11 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric W. Biederman) wrote:
> > And the feedback begins :) > > Itsuro Oda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I don't like calling crash_kexec() directly in (ex.) panic(). > > It should be call_dump_hook() (or something like this). > > > > I think the necessary modifications of the kernel is only: > > - insert the hooks that calls a dump function when crash occur > crash_kexec() > > - binding interface that binds a dump function to the hook > > (like register_dump_hook()) > sys_kexec_load(...); For example there are pepole who want to execute a built in kernel debugger when the system is crashed. or there are pepole who believe the diskdump is the best dump tool :-) So I think a sort of hook is better than calling crash_kexec directly. (May I make a patch ?) Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
