Subject: Re: sparse, kernel-only crashdumps
To: David Young <dyoung@pobox.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/07/2004 14:20:58
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On Oct 7, 2004, at 2:17 PM, David Young wrote:

> I'd assumed they were in kernel virtual memory.  If you
> have any pointers, it might save me a couple hours hunting through the
> kernel sources.

They are in "kernel virtual memory", but they are not described by the 
VM maps in UVM.  They are mapped only by the page tables.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>


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