> Let me ask another question here
>
> Other than "register_reboot_notifier()" and adding a
> "register_exception_notifier()" chain what else does a dump tool need.
> Register_exception_notifier seems to solve about 90% of the insmod gdb
> problem space as well ?
A memory dumper needs some infrastructure to find out what page is ram
and what is hole etc.
Basically an iterate_over_memmap_and_give_me_type() function.
-Andi
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