[Crash-utility] crash version 4.0-3.15 is available

Dave Anderson anderson at redhat.com
Thu Dec 21 13:58:35 UTC 2006


Akio Takebe wrote:

> Hi, Dave
>
> The belows are great information for xen-ia64.
> We are happy because of starting support it.
>
> >- Introduced support for xendumps of para-virtualized ia64 kernels.
> >  It should be noted that currently the ia64 Xen kernel does not
> >  lay down a switch_stack for the panic task, so only raw "bt -t"
> >  backtraces can be done on the panic task.  (anderson at redhat.com)
> >
> >- Introduced support for "xm save" dumpfiles of para-virtualized ia64
> >  kernels, which use a completely different format than that used for
> >  x86 and x86_64.  (anderson at redhat.com)
> >
> Can we use bt with "xm save" dumpfiles of para-virtualized ia64?
> Is "xm save" dumpfile better for crash-utils than "xendump" file?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Akio Takebe

Here's what my test "xm save" dump session looks like:

# crash /usr/dumps/xensave/*

crash 4.0-3.15
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      KERNEL: /usr/dumps/xensave/vmlinux-2.6.18-1.2839.el5.xi5xen
    DUMPFILE: /usr/dumps/xensave/xen-ia64-guest-xm-save.vmcore
        CPUS: 1
        DATE: Fri Dec  8 09:16:34 2006
      UPTIME: 00:01:43
LOAD AVERAGE: 0.53, 0.30, 0.11
       TASKS: 62
    NODENAME: dhcp83-121.boston.redhat.com
     RELEASE: 2.6.18-1.2839.el5.xi5xen
     VERSION: #1 SMP Thu Dec 7 10:14:34 EST 2006
     MACHINE: ia64  (900 Mhz)
      MEMORY: 960 MB
         PID: 1523
     COMMAND: "suspend"
        TASK: e0000000301e0000  [THREAD_INFO: e0000000301e0fc0]
         CPU: 0
       STATE: TASK_RUNNING (SUSPEND)

crash> ps
   PID    PPID  CPU       TASK        ST  %MEM     VSZ    RSS  COMM
      0      0   0  a000000100734000  RU   0.0       0      0  [swapper]
      1      0   0  e0000000005e0000  IN   0.2    4448   1728  init
      2      1   0  e000000000608000  IN   0.0       0      0  [migration/0]
      3      1   0  e000000000610000  IN   0.0       0      0  [ksoftirqd/0]
      4      1   0  e000000000618000  IN   0.0       0      0  [watchdog/0]
      5      1   0  e000000004c38000  IN   0.0       0      0  [events/0]
      6      1   0  e0000000009e8000  IN   0.0       0      0  [khelper]
      7      1   0  e0000000056e0000  IN   0.0       0      0  [kthread]
      9      7   0  e0000000056c8000  IN   0.0       0      0  [xenwatch]
     10      7   0  e0000000056d0000  IN   0.0       0      0  [xenbus]
     15      7   0  e000000005608000  IN   0.0       0      0  [kblockd/0]
     16      7   0  e000000005630000  IN   0.0       0      0  [kacpid]
     26      7   0  e000000004c80000  IN   0.0       0      0  [cqueue/0]
     30      7   0  e000000005680000  IN   0.0       0      0  [khubd]
     32      7   0  e000000004c90000  IN   0.0       0      0  [kseriod]
     83      7   0  e0000000054e8000  IN   0.0       0      0  [pdflush]
     84      7   0  e0000000054f0000  IN   0.0       0      0  [pdflush]
     85      7   0  e0000000054f8000  IN   0.0       0      0  [kswapd0]
     86      7   0  e000000005518000  IN   0.0       0      0  [aio/0]
    211      7   0  e000000000a78000  IN   0.0       0      0  [kpsmoused]
    231      7   0  e000000000c60000  IN   0.0       0      0  [kmirrord]
    236      7   0  e000000000cb0000  IN   0.0       0      0  [ksnapd]
    239      7   0  e000000000cd0000  IN   0.0       0      0  [kjournald]
    261      7   0  e00000003b090000  IN   0.0       0      0  [kauditd]
    289      1   0  e00000000d948000  IN   0.1    5536   1408  udevd
   1024      1   0  e000000036140000  IN   0.1    5376   1216  dhclient
   1115      1   0  e0000000337f0000  IN   0.2   14960   1600  auditd
   1116      1   0  e000000033818000  IN   0.2   14960   1600  auditd
   1117   1115   0  e000000033820000  IN   0.9   73056   8960  python
   1130      1   0  e000000033908000  IN   0.1    4528   1472  syslogd
   1133      1   0  e000000033b78000  IN   0.1    4352   1088  klogd
   1163      1   0  e0000000324b8000  IN   0.1    4736   1472  portmap
   1183      1   0  e000000032528000  IN   0.2    5088   2080  rpc.statd
   1214      1   0  e000000031568000  IN   0.2   12096   1840  rpc.idmapd
   1231      1   0  e00000003a810000  IN   0.2    6112   2272  dbus-daemon
   1241      1   0  e00000003a7e8000  IN   0.2    5456   1872  hcid
   1245      1   0  e000000031ca8000  IN   0.1    4512   1296  sdpd
   1267      1   0  e000000031ff0000  IN   0.0       0      0  [krfcommd]
   1303      1   0  e000000031ce8000  IN   0.3   15120   2656  pcscd
   1317      1   0  e000000030238000  IN   0.1    5408   1216  hidd
   1328      1   0  e0000000304e0000  IN   0.3   15120   2656  pcscd
   1332      1   0  e000000030518000  IN   0.3   57680   2832  automount
   1333      1   0  e000000030520000  IN   0.3   57680   2832  automount
   1334      1   0  e000000030528000  IN   0.3   57680   2832  automount
   1337      1   0  e0000000306b0000  IN   0.3   57680   2832  automount
   1340      1   0  e0000000306b8000  IN   0.3   57680   2832  automount
   1350      1   0  e000000030650000  IN   0.1    4336   1344  acpid
   1360      1   0  e000000030988000  IN   0.6   74880   5632  cupsd
   1373      1   0  e000000030240000  IN   0.3   12224   2768  sshd
   1392      1   0  e000000030e10000  IN   0.4   19280   4304  sendmail
   1400      1   0  e000000030ff0000  IN   0.4   16944   3744  sendmail
   1419      1   0  e00000002f080000  IN   0.1    4448   1248  gpm
   1445      1   0  e00000002f100000  IN   0.2   63200   2352  crond
   1455      1   0  e00000002f190000  IN   0.1    3408   1392  anacron
   1464      1   0  e00000002f240000  IN   0.1    5952   1344  atd
   1476      1   0  e00000002ec78000  IN   2.5  106560  24224  yum-updatesd
   1486      1   0  e00000002ec08000  IN   0.6    9888   5920  hald
   1487   1486   0  e00000002f1c8000  IN   0.3    6832   2752  hald-runner
   1493   1487   0  e00000002ef20000  IN   0.2    4400   2032  hald-addon-acpi
   1519      1   0  e00000002d1d8000  IN   0.1    4688    944  smartd
   1522      1   0  e00000002d380000  IN   0.1    3456   1376  agetty
>  1523      7   0  e0000000301e0000  RU   0.0       0      0  [suspend]
crash> bt
PID: 1523   TASK: e0000000301e0000  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "suspend"
 #0 [BSP:e0000000301e11a8] schedule at a0000001005e0420
 #1 [BSP:e0000000301e1168] read_reply at a0000001003ca070
 #2 [BSP:e0000000301e1120] xs_talkv at a0000001003ca520
 #3 [BSP:e0000000301e10f0] xs_unwatch at a0000001003ca7a0
 #4 [BSP:e0000000301e10d0] xs_suspend at a0000001003cb200
 #5 [BSP:e0000000301e10b0] xenbus_suspend at a0000001003cddb0
crash>

Dave

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