[Crash-utility] [PATCH]fix kmem -s(slab) to support Linux 3.7 and later

[Dave Anderson]

----- Original Message -----
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Hello Dave,
> > 
> > When using crash on Linux 3.8, I found kmem -s is not working well.
> > After some investigations, I got to know commit
> > 3c58346525d82625e68e24f071804c2dc057b6f4 changes the usage of
> > kmem_cache.array, nodelists is also stored in it, which caused original
> > code failed to work.
> > 
> > I made some fix, please refer to the attachment.
> > 
> > Regards
> > Qiao Nuohan
> 
> Hi Qiao,
> 
> Your fix seems safe enough.  I'm testing it now on older versions to
> ensure backwards-compatibility.
> 
> Also, can you show me what errors you saw without the patch so that I
> can put them in the crash.changelog?

The patch tested OK, and is queued for crash-6.1.5.  

But can you please give me an example of the "kmem -s" error so that I
can put it in the crash.changelog?

Thanks,
  Dave