linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Kdump and memory error handling

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Message-ID: <20110505092555.GA17414@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 5 May 2011 14:55:55 +0530
From:	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	"K.Prasad" <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Kdump and memory error handling

On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 10:39:14PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Handle dumps of corrupted memory regresions:
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-mce-2.6.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/mce/crashdump

What happens when mce is disabled and capture kernel reads corrupted memory? 
Does that result in dump having erroneous data in dump?

- vatsa
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