Hi,
I found the root cause of this problem is that the value of "PERCPU_SHIFT"
was changed to 13 from 12.
The quick workaround is to apply the following patch to the crash command:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
--- 
xen_hyper_defs.h.org        2008-10-03 14:46:28.000000000 +0900
+++ xen_hyper_defs.h    2008-10-03 14:46:50.000000000 +0900
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 #endif
 #if defined(X86) || defined(X86_64)
-#define XEN_HYPER_PERCPU_SHIFT 12
+#define XEN_HYPER_PERCPU_SHIFT 13
 #define xen_hyper_per_cpu(var, cpu)  \
        ((ulong)(var) + (((ulong)(cpu))<<XEN_HYPER_PERCPU_SHIFT))
 #elif defined(IA64)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
I need to think the backword compatibility. I wonder how to determine
the value of "PERCPU_SHIFT". The change of "PERCPU_SHIFT" was made at
a certain point of xen-unstable before xen-3.3 release. The xen version
number (3.3) can't use as key... I will consider more...
Thanks.
Itsuro Oda
On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:42:46 +0900
Itsuro ODA <oda(a)valinux.co.jp> wrote:
 Hi,
 
 I recieved the dump file via FTP from Yuji and I can reproduced
 the problem.
 
 Hmm, it seems the format of the crash note section is not expected.
 (and there is another problem; "jiffies" is lost.)
 I will check more deeply.
 
 Until the problem is fixed, try the following quick hack.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------
 --- 
xen_hyper.c.org	2008-09-05 12:48:57.000000000 +0900
 +++ xen_hyper.c	2008-09-05 13:32:28.000000000 +0900
 @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
  	 * Do some initialization.
  	 */
  #ifndef IA64
 -	xen_hyper_dumpinfo_init();
 +//	xen_hyper_dumpinfo_init(); /* XXX: should be fixed !! */
  #endif
  	xhmachdep->pcpu_init();
  	xen_hyper_domain_init();
 @@ -1746,9 +1746,11 @@
  			tmp2 = (ulong)jiffies_64;
  			jiffies_64 = (ulonglong)(tmp2 - tmp1);
  		}
 -	} else {
 +	} else if (symbol_exists("jiffies")) {
  		get_symbol_data("jiffies", sizeof(long), &jiffies);
  		jiffies_64 = (ulonglong)jiffies;
 +	} else {
 +		jiffies_64 = 0; /* XXX: find alternative !! */
  	}
  
  	return jiffies_64;
 ------------------------------------------------------------------
 (the "dumpinfo" sub command cannot be used.)
 
 Thanks.
 Itsuro Oda
 
 On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:29:51 +0900
 Yuji Shimada <shimada-yxb(a)necst.nec.co.jp> wrote:
 
 > Hi ODA-san,
 > 
 > Thank you so much for your reply.
 > 
 > > What arch did you use ?
 > 
 > I used x86_64 arch.
 > 
 > > If you send me xen-syms-3.3-unstable and dumpfile.core
 > > I will investigate more.
 > 
 > Please find "xen-syms-3.3-unstable", attached with the mail.
 > If you need "dumpfile.core" to investigate this issue, please let me
know.
 > 
 > In such case, I think I should send you "dumpfile.core" stored on
 > the disk by post, or upload it to your site. Because it is a huge size.
 > 
 > Thanks,
 > 
 > --
 > Yuji Shimada
 
 -- 
 Itsuro ODA <oda(a)valinux.co.jp>
 
 
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