Rachita Kothiyal wrote:
 Hi Dave,
 Following the changes in the way cpu_pda is accessed
 on x86_64 kernels, running crash to analyse kdump based
 crash dumps gave the following error:
         crash: cannot resolve "cpu_pda"
 The following patch fixes this. Kindly review.
 
Hi Rachita,
Thanks for handling this.  I haven't looked at this, and correct me
if I'm wrong, but the kernel (what version exactly?) now has contains
a _cpu_pda[NR_CPUS] array containing pointers to the actual per-cpu
x8664_pda structures.  Given that, there's really no reason to GETBUF()
the storage location of the single per-cpu pointer.  When I compile
with "make Warn", I get this:
# make Warn
...
cc -c -g -DX86_64  x86_64.c -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Werror
x86_64.c: In function `x86_64_cpu_pda_init':
x86_64.c:389: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
x86_64.c:391: warning: assignment makes integer from pointer without a cast
x86_64.c: In function `x86_64_get_smp_cpus':
x86_64.c:2763: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
x86_64.c:2765: warning: assignment makes integer from pointer without a cast
make[3]: *** [x86_64.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [gdb] Error 2
make[1]: *** [gdb_merge] Error 2
make: *** [Warn] Error 2
#
which is complaining about the cpu_pda pointer and its use:
    389                 cpu_pda_addr = GETBUF(sizeof(unsigned long));
    390                 for (i = cpus = 0; i < nr_pda; i++) {
    391                         *cpu_pda_addr = NULL;
   2763                 cpu_pda_addr = GETBUF(sizeof(unsigned long));
   2764                 for (i = cpus = 0; i < nr_pda; i++) {
   2765                         *cpu_pda_addr = NULL;
I'd just make cpu_pda_addr a ulong stack variable, zero it out on lines
389 and 2765, and change the _CPU_PDA_READ() macro to look
like this:
#define _CPU_PDA_READ(CPU, BUFFER) \
        ((STRNEQ("_cpu_pda", closest_symbol((symbol_value("_cpu_pda")
+ \
             ((CPU) * sizeof(unsigned long)))))) &&                             \
        (readmem(symbol_value("_cpu_pda") + ((CPU) * sizeof(unsigned long)),\
         KVADDR, &cpu_pda_addr, sizeof(unsigned long), "_cpu_pda addr",    
\
        FAULT_ON_ERROR)) &&                                                \
        (readmem(cpu_pda_addr ,                   \
                KVADDR, (BUFFER), SIZE(x8664_pda), "cpu_pda entry",        \
                FAULT_ON_ERROR)))
Unless I'm missing something, that simplifies things and should work
just fine. But I can't test it here other than to verify that it's
backwards compatible.  Can you verify that?
Thanks again,
  Dave
 Thanks
 Rachita
 Signed-off-by: Rachita Kothiyal <rachita(a)in.ibm.com>
 ---
  defs.h   |   10 ++++
  x86_64.c |  139 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
  2 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
 diff -puN x86_64.c~crash-fix-cpu-pda x86_64.c
 --- crash-4.0-2.19/x86_64.c~crash-fix-cpu-pda   2006-01-31 17:21:35.430960480 +0530
 +++ crash-4.0-2.19-rachita/x86_64.c     2006-01-31 17:23:44.893279216 +0530
 @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ x86_64_cpu_pda_init(void)
  {
         int i, cpus, nr_pda, cpunumber;
         char *cpu_pda_buf;
 -       ulong level4_pgt, data_offset;
 +       ulong level4_pgt, data_offset, *cpu_pda_addr;
         struct syment *sp, *nsp;
         ulong offset, istacksize;
 @@ -383,36 +383,68 @@ x86_64_cpu_pda_init(void)
         cpu_pda_buf = GETBUF(SIZE(x8664_pda));
 -       if (!(nr_pda = get_array_length("cpu_pda", NULL, 0)))
 -               nr_pda = NR_CPUS;
 -
 -       for (i = cpus = 0; i < nr_pda; i++) {
 -               if (!CPU_PDA_READ(i, cpu_pda_buf))
 -                       break;
 -               if (VALID_MEMBER(x8664_pda_level4_pgt)) {
 -                       level4_pgt = ULONG(cpu_pda_buf + OFFSET(x8664_pda_level4_pgt));
 -                       if (!VALID_LEVEL4_PGT_ADDR(level4_pgt))
 +       if (symbol_exists("_cpu_pda")) {
 +               if (!(nr_pda = get_array_length("_cpu_pda", NULL, 0)))
 +                       nr_pda = NR_CPUS;
 +               cpu_pda_addr = GETBUF(sizeof(unsigned long));
 +               for (i = cpus = 0; i < nr_pda; i++) {
 +                       *cpu_pda_addr = NULL;
 +                       if (!_CPU_PDA_READ(i, cpu_pda_buf))
                                 break;
 -               }
 -               cpunumber = INT(cpu_pda_buf + OFFSET(x8664_pda_cpunumber));
 -               if (cpunumber != cpus)
 -                       break;
 -               cpus++;
 -               if (VALID_MEMBER(x8664_pda_data_offset)) {
 -                       data_offset = ULONG(cpu_pda_buf +
 -                               OFFSET(x8664_pda_data_offset));
 -                        kt->__per_cpu_offset[i] = data_offset;
 -                        kt->flags |= PER_CPU_OFF;
 -               } else
 -                       data_offset = 0;
 +                       if (VALID_MEMBER(x8664_pda_level4_pgt)) {
 +                               level4_pgt = ULONG(cpu_pda_buf +
OFFSET(x8664_pda_level4_pgt));
 +                               if (!VALID_LEVEL4_PGT_ADDR(level4_pgt))
 +                                       break;
 +                       }
 +                       cpunumber = INT(cpu_pda_buf + OFFSET(x8664_pda_cpunumber));
 +                       if (cpunumber != cpus)
 +                               break;
 +                       cpus++;
 -               machdep->machspec->stkinfo.ibase[i] = ULONG(cpu_pda_buf +
 -                       OFFSET(x8664_pda_irqstackptr));
 +                       if (VALID_MEMBER(x8664_pda_data_offset)) {
 +                               data_offset = ULONG(cpu_pda_buf +
 +                                       OFFSET(x8664_pda_data_offset));
 +                               kt->__per_cpu_offset[i] = data_offset;
 +                               kt->flags |= PER_CPU_OFF;
 +                       } else
 +                               data_offset = 0;
 +                       machdep->machspec->stkinfo.ibase[i] = ULONG(cpu_pda_buf +
 +                               OFFSET(x8664_pda_irqstackptr));
 +                       if (CRASHDEBUG(2))
 +                               fprintf(fp, "CPU%d: level4_pgt: %lx data_offset:
%lx\n",
 +                                       i, level4_pgt, data_offset);
 +               }
 +               FREEBUF(cpu_pda_addr);
 +       } else if (symbol_exists("cpu_pda")) {
 +               if (!(nr_pda = get_array_length("cpu_pda", NULL, 0)))
 +                       nr_pda = NR_CPUS;
 +               for (i = cpus = 0; i < nr_pda; i++) {
 +                       if (!CPU_PDA_READ(i, cpu_pda_buf))
 +                               break;
 +                       if (VALID_MEMBER(x8664_pda_level4_pgt)) {
 +                               level4_pgt = ULONG(cpu_pda_buf +
OFFSET(x8664_pda_level4_pgt));
 +                               if (!VALID_LEVEL4_PGT_ADDR(level4_pgt))
 +                                       break;
 +                       }
 +                       cpunumber = INT(cpu_pda_buf + OFFSET(x8664_pda_cpunumber));
 +                       if (cpunumber != cpus)
 +                               break;
 +                       cpus++;
 -               if (CRASHDEBUG(2))
 -                       fprintf(fp, "CPU%d: level4_pgt: %lx data_offset:
%lx\n",
 -                               i, level4_pgt, data_offset);
 +                       if (VALID_MEMBER(x8664_pda_data_offset)) {
 +                               data_offset = ULONG(cpu_pda_buf +
 +                                       OFFSET(x8664_pda_data_offset));
 +                               kt->__per_cpu_offset[i] = data_offset;
 +                               kt->flags |= PER_CPU_OFF;
 +                       } else
 +                               data_offset = 0;
 +                       machdep->machspec->stkinfo.ibase[i] = ULONG(cpu_pda_buf +
 +                               OFFSET(x8664_pda_irqstackptr));
 +                       if (CRASHDEBUG(2))
 +                               fprintf(fp, "CPU%d: level4_pgt: %lx data_offset:
%lx\n",
 +                                       i, level4_pgt, data_offset);
 +               }
         }
 @@ -2718,29 +2750,51 @@ x86_64_get_smp_cpus(void)
  {
         int i, cpus, nr_pda, cpunumber;
         char *cpu_pda_buf;
 -       ulong level4_pgt;
 +       ulong level4_pgt, *cpu_pda_addr;
         if (!VALID_STRUCT(x8664_pda))
                 return 1;
         cpu_pda_buf = GETBUF(SIZE(x8664_pda));
 -       if (!(nr_pda = get_array_length("cpu_pda", NULL, 0)))
 -               nr_pda = NR_CPUS;
 +       if (symbol_exists("_cpu_pda")){
 +               if (!(nr_pda = get_array_length("_cpu_pda", NULL, 0)))
 +                      nr_pda = NR_CPUS;
 +               cpu_pda_addr = GETBUF(sizeof(unsigned long));
 +               for (i = cpus = 0; i < nr_pda; i++) {
 +                       *cpu_pda_addr = NULL;
 +                       if (!_CPU_PDA_READ(i, cpu_pda_buf))
 +                               break;
 -       for (i = cpus = 0; i < nr_pda; i++) {
 -               if (!CPU_PDA_READ(i, cpu_pda_buf))
 -                       break;
 +                       if (VALID_MEMBER(x8664_pda_level4_pgt)) {
 +                               level4_pgt = ULONG(cpu_pda_buf +
OFFSET(x8664_pda_level4_pgt));
 +                               if (!VALID_LEVEL4_PGT_ADDR(level4_pgt))
 +                                       break;
 +                       }
 +                       cpunumber = INT(cpu_pda_buf + OFFSET(x8664_pda_cpunumber));
 +                       if (cpunumber != cpus)
 +                               break;
 +                       cpus++;
 +               }
 +               FREEBUF(cpu_pda_addr);
 +       }
 +       else if (symbol_exists("cpu_pda")){
 +               if (!(nr_pda = get_array_length("cpu_pda", NULL, 0)))
 +                      nr_pda = NR_CPUS;
 +               for (i = cpus = 0; i < nr_pda; i++) {
 +                       if (!CPU_PDA_READ(i, cpu_pda_buf))
 +                               break;
 -               if (VALID_MEMBER(x8664_pda_level4_pgt)) {
 -                       level4_pgt = ULONG(cpu_pda_buf + OFFSET(x8664_pda_level4_pgt));
 -                       if (!VALID_LEVEL4_PGT_ADDR(level4_pgt))
 +                       if (VALID_MEMBER(x8664_pda_level4_pgt)) {
 +                               level4_pgt = ULONG(cpu_pda_buf +
OFFSET(x8664_pda_level4_pgt));
 +                               if (!VALID_LEVEL4_PGT_ADDR(level4_pgt))
 +                                       break;
 +                       }
 +                       cpunumber = INT(cpu_pda_buf + OFFSET(x8664_pda_cpunumber));
 +                       if (cpunumber != cpus)
                                 break;
 +                       cpus++;
                 }
 -               cpunumber = INT(cpu_pda_buf + OFFSET(x8664_pda_cpunumber));
 -               if (cpunumber != cpus)
 -                       break;
 -                cpus++;
         }
         FREEBUF(cpu_pda_buf);
 @@ -2828,7 +2882,10 @@ x86_64_display_cpu_data(void)
                 boot_cpu = TRUE;
                 cpus = 1;
         }
 -       cpu_pda = symbol_value("cpu_pda");
 +       if (symbol_exists("_cpu_pda"))
 +               cpu_pda = symbol_value("_cpu_pda");
 +       else if (symbol_exists("cpu_pda"))
 +               cpu_pda = symbol_value("cpu_pda");
          for (cpu = 0; cpu < cpus; cpu++) {
                 if (boot_cpu)
 diff -puN defs.h~crash-fix-cpu-pda defs.h
 --- crash-4.0-2.19/defs.h~crash-fix-cpu-pda     2006-01-31 17:25:59.479818952 +0530
 +++ crash-4.0-2.19-rachita/defs.h       2006-01-31 17:26:23.969096016 +0530
 @@ -1840,6 +1840,16 @@ struct load_module {
  #define PAGEBASE(X)           (((ulong)(X)) & (ulong)machdep->pagemask)
 +#define _CPU_PDA_READ(CPU, BUFFER) \
 +       ((STRNEQ("_cpu_pda", closest_symbol((symbol_value("_cpu_pda")
+ \
 +            ((CPU) * sizeof(unsigned long)))))) &&                            
\
 +               (readmem(symbol_value("_cpu_pda") + ((CPU) * sizeof(unsigned
long)),\
 +        KVADDR, cpu_pda_addr, sizeof(unsigned long), "_cpu_pda addr",     \
 +       FAULT_ON_ERROR)) &&                                                \
 +       (readmem(*cpu_pda_addr ,                   \
 +               KVADDR, (BUFFER), SIZE(x8664_pda), "cpu_pda entry",        \
 +               FAULT_ON_ERROR)))
 +
  #define CPU_PDA_READ(CPU, BUFFER) \
         (STRNEQ("cpu_pda", closest_symbol((symbol_value("cpu_pda") + 
  \
              ((CPU) * SIZE(x8664_pda))))) &&                            \
 _