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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] proc/kcore: add vmcoreinfo note to /proc/kcore
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:09:39 -0700 Omar Sandoval <osandov@osandov.com> wrote:

> From: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
> 
> The vmcoreinfo information is useful for runtime debugging tools, not
> just for crash dumps. A lot of this information can be determined by
> other means, but this is much more convenient.
> 

What effect does this have upon the overall size of the dump file?