[Crash-utility] Cell/B.E. SPU commands extension optimization

[Dave Anderson]

Lucio Correia wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> 
>>+       CBE_SIZE_INIT(spu_prio_array, "spu_prio_array");
> 
> 
> The extension is not being able to find the symbol spu_prio_array with
> a 2.6.22-5 patched kernel (Cell SDK 3.0 pre-release kernel in
> http://www.bsc.es/projects/deepcomputing/linuxoncell/cellsimulator/sdk3.0earlyRel/kernel-2.6.22-5.20070821bsc.ppc64.rpm).
> I've checked the code and the symbol exists in spufs/sched.c. Do you
> have any hint why crash can't find the symbol?
> 
> Thanks
> Lucio Correia

Is the spu scheduler a module that doesn't exist in the
vmlinux proper?  If you run "gdb vmlinux" alone, and
enter "ptype struct spu_prio_array", does it know what
it is?

If it is a module, then its debuginfo data will have to
be loaded with the "mod" command.

Dave