Dave,
here is a 4GB vmware memory dump (CentOS 6.5) that has regions. thanks.
Dave,
An assert i put caused the crash, workstation VM memory has more block item than i
thought.
fixed it in the patch and tested against all the dump i have. i will try to provide a 4GB
memory dump later.
ESX VM 3G Memory
================
- Group: memory pos=0x1f6f6 size=0xc000090c ------------------------------------
align_mask[0, 0] => 0x00ffff
regionsCount => 0x000000
Memory[0, 0] => BLOCK, pos=0x20000, size=0xc0000000
ESX VM 4G Memory
================
- Group: memory pos=0x1f6f6 size=0x10000090c -----------------------------------
align_mask[0, 0] => 0x00ffff
regionsCount => 0x000002
regionPageNum[0] => 0x000000
regionPPN[0] => 0x000000
regionSize[0] => 0x0c0000
regionPageNum[1] => 0x0c0000
regionPPN[1] => 0x100000
regionSize[1] => 0x040000
Memory[0, 0] => BLOCK, pos=0x20000, size=0x100000000
WS VM Memory
============
- Group: memory pos=0x93b1 size=0x10098 ----------------------------------------
align_mask[0, 0] => 0x00ffff
regionsCount => 0x000000
hotSetSize => 0x040000
hotSet => BLOCK, pos=0x9405, size=0x8000
MainMemPageZeroStateSize => 0x040000
MainMemKnownZero => BLOCK, pos=0x11447, size=0x8000
rgds,
Dyno
On 3/26/15 1:12 PM, Dave Anderson wrote:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Dave,
>> updated the patch and please review. thanks.
>> - the page_size/page_shift problem.
>> - change type cast to union.
>> - the read_vmware_vmss() regression.
>>
>> rgds,
>> Dyno
>
>
> Dyno,
>
> Since you cannot make any additional sample vmss2core-generated
> dumpfiles available to me, I can only test this latest patch
> on the two dumpfile/kernel pairs that you gave me in February:
>
> vmlinux-2.6.32-431.el6 CentOS6.5-11bd56db.vmss
>
> and
>
> vmlinux-3.13.0-39-generic Ubuntu1404_64bit-65993542.vmss
> (with its companion Ubuntu1404_64bit-65993542.vmem file)
>
> The CentOS kernel works OK with your patch:
>
> $ crash vmlinux-2.6.32-431.el6 CentOS6.5-11bd56db.vmss
>
> crash 7.1.1rc13
> Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
> Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 IBM Corporation
> Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Hewlett-Packard Co
> Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012 Fujitsu Limited
> Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 VA Linux Systems Japan K.K.
> Copyright (C) 2005, 2011 NEC Corporation
> Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2007 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
> Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Mission Critical Linux, Inc.
> This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License,
> and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under
> certain conditions. Enter "help copying" to see the conditions.
> This program has absolutely no warranty. Enter "help warranty" for
details.
>
> GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6
> Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnu.org_licenses_gpl....
>
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show
copying"
> and "show warranty" for details.
> This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"...
>
> KERNEL: vmlinux-2.6.32-431.el6
> DUMPFILE: CentOS6.5-11bd56db.vmss
> CPUS: 4
> DATE: Tue Feb 3 18:22:03 2015
> UPTIME: 00:01:06
> LOAD AVERAGE: 0.71, 0.22, 0.07
> TASKS: 302
> NODENAME:
promd-1s-dhcp37.eng.vmware.com
> RELEASE: 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64
> VERSION: #1 SMP Fri Nov 22 03:15:09 UTC 2013
> MACHINE: x86_64 (2394 Mhz)
> MEMORY: 511.5 MB
> PANIC: ""
> PID: 0
> COMMAND: "swapper"
> TASK: ffffffff81a8d020 (1 of 4) [THREAD_INFO: ffffffff81a00000]
> CPU: 0
> STATE: TASK_RUNNING (ACTIVE)
> WARNING: panic task not found
>
> crash>
>
> But the Ubuntu1404_64bit-65993542.vmss fails miserably:
>
> $ crash Ubuntu1404_64bit-65993542.vmss vmlinux-3.13.0-39-generic
>
> crash 7.1.1rc13
> Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
> Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 IBM Corporation
> Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Hewlett-Packard Co
> Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012 Fujitsu Limited
> Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 VA Linux Systems Japan K.K.
> Copyright (C) 2005, 2011 NEC Corporation
> Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2007 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
> Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Mission Critical Linux, Inc.
> This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License,
> and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under
> certain conditions. Enter "help copying" to see the conditions.
> This program has absolutely no warranty. Enter "help warranty" for
details.
>
> crash: vmware_vmss.c:169: vmware_vmss_init: Assertion `__extension__ ({ size_t
__s1_len, __s2_len; (__builtin_constant_p (name) && __builtin_constant_p
("Memory") && (__s1_len = strlen (name), __s2_len = strlen
("Memory"), (!((size_t)(const void *)((name) + 1) - (size_t)(const void *)(name)
== 1) || __s1_len >= 4) && (!((size_t)(const void *)(("Memory") + 1)
- (size_t)(const void *)("Memory") == 1) || __s2_len >= 4)) ?
__builtin_strcmp (name, "Memory") : (__builtin_constant_p (name) &&
((size_t)(const void *)((name) + 1) - (size_t)(const void *)(name) == 1) &&
(__s1_len = strlen (name), __s1_len < 4) ? (__builtin_constant_p ("Memory")
&& ((size_t)(const void *)(("Memory") + 1) - (size_t)(const void
*)("Memory") == 1) ? __builtin_strcmp (name, "Memory") :
(__extension__ ({ __const unsigned char *__s2 = (__const unsigned char *) (__const char *)
("Memory"); register int __result = (((__const unsigned char *) (__const char *)
(name))[0] - __s2[0]); if (__s1_len > 0 && __result == 0)
{ __result = (((__const unsigned char *) (__const char *) (name))[1]
- __s2[1]); if (__s1_len > 1 && __result == 0) { __result = (((__const unsigned
char *) (__const char *) (name))[2] - __s2[2]); if (__s1_len > 2 && __result ==
0) __result = (((__const unsigned char *) (__const char *) (name))[3] - __s2[3]); } }
__result; }))) : (__builtin_constant_p ("Memory") && ((size_t)(const
void *)(("Memory") + 1) - (size_t)(const void *)("Memory") == 1)
&& (__s2_len = strlen ("Memory"), __s2_len < 4) ?
(__builtin_constant_p (name) && ((size_t)(const void *)((name) + 1) -
(size_t)(const void *)(name) == 1) ? __builtin_strcmp (name, "Memory") :
(__extension__ ({ __const unsigned char *__s1 = (__const unsigned char *) (__const char *)
(name); register int __result = __s1[0] - ((__const unsigned char *) (__const char *)
("Memory"))[0]; if (__s2_len > 0 && __result == 0) { __result =
(__s1[1] - ((__const unsigned char *) (__const char *) ("Memory"))[1]); if
(__s2_len > 1 && __result == 0) { __res
t = (__s1[2] - ((__const unsigned char *) (__const char *)
("Memory"))[2]); if (__s2_len > 2 && __result == 0) __result =
(__s1[3] - ((__const unsigned char *) (__const char *) ("Memory"))[3]); } }
__result; }))) : __builtin_strcmp (name, "Memory")))); }) == 0' failed.
> Aborted (core dumped)
> $
>
> Note that crash-7.1.0 works OK:
>
> $ /usr/bin/crash Ubuntu1404_64bit-65993542.vmss vmlinux-3.13.0-39-generic
>
> crash 7.1.0
> Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
> Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 IBM Corporation
> Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Hewlett-Packard Co
> Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012 Fujitsu Limited
> Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 VA Linux Systems Japan K.K.
> Copyright (C) 2005, 2011 NEC Corporation
> Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2007 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
> Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Mission Critical Linux, Inc.
> This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License,
> and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under
> certain conditions. Enter "help copying" to see the conditions.
> This program has absolutely no warranty. Enter "help warranty" for
details.
>
> vmw: Memory dump is not part of this vmss file.
> vmw: Try to locate the companion vmem file ...
> vmw: vmem file: Ubuntu1404_64bit-65993542.vmem
>
> GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6
> Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
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https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnu.org_licenses_gpl....
>
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show
copying"
> and "show warranty" for details.
> This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"...
>
> KERNEL: vmlinux-3.13.0-39-generic
> DUMPFILE: Ubuntu1404_64bit-65993542.vmss
> CPUS: 1
> DATE: Thu Nov 13 14:10:53 2014
> UPTIME: 2 days, 03:40:33
> LOAD AVERAGE: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05
> TASKS: 669
> NODENAME: ubuntu
> RELEASE: 3.13.0-39-generic
> VERSION: #66-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 28 13:30:27 UTC 2014
> MACHINE: x86_64 (2693 Mhz)
> MEMORY: 1 GB
> PANIC: ""
> PID: 0
> COMMAND: "swapper/0"
> TASK: ffffffff81c15480 [THREAD_INFO: ffffffff81c00000]
> CPU: 0
> STATE: TASK_RUNNING
> WARNING: panic task not found
>
> crash>
>
> Anyway, besides fixing whatever the problem is, please remove the assert()
> calls entirely. They did not exist in the original vmware_vmss.c file,
> and shouldn't be added now.
>
> assert() is not used by the top-level crash sources (except for qemu.c
> and qemu-load.c, which came from a 3rd party, and I didn't feel like changing
> all of them). Instead, please use the crash convention by testing for the
> anomoly, and then send an appropriate error message to error(FATAL, ...),
> which will kill the crash session if it's during session initialization,
> or kill the current command if it's during crash runtime.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>