[Crash-utility] Pages excluded in dump RHEL 6.2 - set to ffffffffffffffff

[Oberman, Laurence (GSE MSE)]

I have a dump from RHEL 6.2 with all these masks set to all f's, so obviously crash excludes them.

crash: page excluded: kernel virtual address: ffffffffffffffff  type: "possible"
WARNING: cannot read cpu_possible_map
crash: page excluded: kernel virtual address: ffffffffffffffff  type: "present"
WARNING: cannot read cpu_present_map
crash: page excluded: kernel virtual address: ffffffffffffffff  type: "online"
WARNING: cannot read cpu_online_map

typedef struct cpumask { DECLARE_BITMAP(bits, NR_CPUS); } cpumask_t;

#ifndef CONFIG_DISABLE_OBSOLETE_CPUMASK_FUNCTIONS
/* These strip const, as traditionally they weren't const. */
#define cpu_possible_map        (*(cpumask_t *)cpu_possible_mask)
#define cpu_online_map          (*(cpumask_t *)cpu_online_mask)
#define cpu_present_map         (*(cpumask_t *)cpu_present_mask)
#define cpu_active_map          (*(cpumask_t *)cpu_active_mask)

Are these deprecated now and is that why they are fixed at all f's.

[root at centos62 crash]# crash System.map vmlinux  va102.2012-06-14.vmcore

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crash: page excluded: kernel virtual address: ffffffffffffffff  type: "possible"
WARNING: cannot read cpu_possible_map
crash: page excluded: kernel virtual address: ffffffffffffffff  type: "present"
WARNING: cannot read cpu_present_map
crash: page excluded: kernel virtual address: ffffffffffffffff  type: "online"
WARNING: cannot read cpu_online_map
crash: page excluded: kernel virtual address: ffffffffffffffff  type: "cpu_present_map"
crash: page excluded: kernel virtual address: ffffffffffffffff  type: "cpu_present_map"
crash: page excluded: kernel virtual address: ffffffffffffffff  type: "cpu_online_map"
  SYSTEM MAP: System.map
DEBUG KERNEL: vmlinux (2.6.32-220.7.1.el6)
    DUMPFILE: va102.2012-06-14.vmcore  [PARTIAL DUMP]
        CPUS: 32
        DATE: Thu Jun 14 05:24:17 2012
      UPTIME: 11:13:23
LOAD AVERAGE: 215.00, 196.78, 135.81
       TASKS: 1778
    NODENAME: va1splunkindex02.va1.swtor.int
     RELEASE: 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64
     VERSION: #1 SMP Tue Mar 6 13:54:51 EST 2012
     MACHINE: x86_64  (2799 Mhz)
      MEMORY: 48 GB
       PANIC: "Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP " (check log for details)
         PID: 2428
     COMMAND: "bash"
        TASK: ffff88063874ab40  [THREAD_INFO: ffff8806dcd1a000]
         CPU: 0
       STATE: TASK_RUNNING (PANIC)

Thanks
Laurence