Hi, DaveThe belows are great information for xen-ia64.
We are happy because of starting support it.>- Introduced support for xendumps of para-virtualized ia64 kernels.
> It should be noted that currently the ia64 Xen kernel does not
> lay down a switch_stack for the panic task, so only raw "bt -t"
> backtraces can be done on the panic task. (anderson@redhat.com)
>
>- Introduced support for "xm save" dumpfiles of para-virtualized ia64
> kernels, which use a completely different format than that used for
> x86 and x86_64. (anderson@redhat.com)
>
Can we use bt with "xm save" dumpfiles of para-virtualized ia64?
Is "xm save" dumpfile better for crash-utils than "xendump" file?Best Regards,
Akio Takebe
Here's what my test "xm save" dump session looks like:
# crash /usr/dumps/xensave/*
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KERNEL: /usr/dumps/xensave/vmlinux-2.6.18-1.2839.el5.xi5xen
DUMPFILE: /usr/dumps/xensave/xen-ia64-guest-xm-save.vmcore
CPUS: 1
DATE: Fri Dec
8 09:16:34 2006
UPTIME: 00:01:43
LOAD AVERAGE: 0.53, 0.30, 0.11
TASKS: 62
NODENAME: dhcp83-121.boston.redhat.com
RELEASE: 2.6.18-1.2839.el5.xi5xen
VERSION: #1 SMP Thu Dec 7 10:14:34 EST
2006
MACHINE: ia64 (900 Mhz)
MEMORY: 960 MB
PID: 1523
COMMAND: "suspend"
TASK: e0000000301e0000
[THREAD_INFO: e0000000301e0fc0]
CPU: 0
STATE: TASK_RUNNING (SUSPEND)
crash> ps
PID PPID CPU
TASK ST %MEM
VSZ RSS COMM
0
0 0 a000000100734000 RU 0.0
0 0 [swapper]
1
0 0 e0000000005e0000 IN 0.2
4448 1728 init
2
1 0 e000000000608000 IN 0.0
0 0 [migration/0]
3
1 0 e000000000610000 IN 0.0
0 0 [ksoftirqd/0]
4
1 0 e000000000618000 IN 0.0
0 0 [watchdog/0]
5
1 0 e000000004c38000 IN 0.0
0 0 [events/0]
6
1 0 e0000000009e8000 IN 0.0
0 0 [khelper]
7
1 0 e0000000056e0000 IN 0.0
0 0 [kthread]
9
7 0 e0000000056c8000 IN 0.0
0 0 [xenwatch]
10 7
0 e0000000056d0000 IN 0.0
0 0 [xenbus]
15 7
0 e000000005608000 IN 0.0
0 0 [kblockd/0]
16 7
0 e000000005630000 IN 0.0
0 0 [kacpid]
26 7
0 e000000004c80000 IN 0.0
0 0 [cqueue/0]
30 7
0 e000000005680000 IN 0.0
0 0 [khubd]
32 7
0 e000000004c90000 IN 0.0
0 0 [kseriod]
83 7
0 e0000000054e8000 IN 0.0
0 0 [pdflush]
84 7
0 e0000000054f0000 IN 0.0
0 0 [pdflush]
85 7
0 e0000000054f8000 IN 0.0
0 0 [kswapd0]
86 7
0 e000000005518000 IN 0.0
0 0 [aio/0]
211 7
0 e000000000a78000 IN 0.0
0 0 [kpsmoused]
231 7
0 e000000000c60000 IN 0.0
0 0 [kmirrord]
236 7
0 e000000000cb0000 IN 0.0
0 0 [ksnapd]
239 7
0 e000000000cd0000 IN 0.0
0 0 [kjournald]
261 7
0 e00000003b090000 IN 0.0
0 0 [kauditd]
289 1
0 e00000000d948000 IN 0.1 5536
1408 udevd
1024 1 0
e000000036140000 IN 0.1 5376
1216 dhclient
1115 1 0
e0000000337f0000 IN 0.2 14960
1600 auditd
1116 1 0
e000000033818000 IN 0.2 14960
1600 auditd
1117 1115 0 e000000033820000
IN 0.9 73056 8960 python
1130 1 0
e000000033908000 IN 0.1 4528
1472 syslogd
1133 1 0
e000000033b78000 IN 0.1 4352
1088 klogd
1163 1 0
e0000000324b8000 IN 0.1 4736
1472 portmap
1183 1 0
e000000032528000 IN 0.2 5088
2080 rpc.statd
1214 1 0
e000000031568000 IN 0.2 12096
1840 rpc.idmapd
1231 1 0
e00000003a810000 IN 0.2 6112
2272 dbus-daemon
1241 1 0
e00000003a7e8000 IN 0.2 5456
1872 hcid
1245 1 0
e000000031ca8000 IN 0.1 4512
1296 sdpd
1267 1 0
e000000031ff0000 IN 0.0
0 0 [krfcommd]
1303 1 0
e000000031ce8000 IN 0.3 15120
2656 pcscd
1317 1 0
e000000030238000 IN 0.1 5408
1216 hidd
1328 1 0
e0000000304e0000 IN 0.3 15120
2656 pcscd
1332 1 0
e000000030518000 IN 0.3 57680
2832 automount
1333 1 0
e000000030520000 IN 0.3 57680
2832 automount
1334 1 0
e000000030528000 IN 0.3 57680
2832 automount
1337 1 0
e0000000306b0000 IN 0.3 57680
2832 automount
1340 1 0
e0000000306b8000 IN 0.3 57680
2832 automount
1350 1 0
e000000030650000 IN 0.1 4336
1344 acpid
1360 1 0
e000000030988000 IN 0.6 74880
5632 cupsd
1373 1 0
e000000030240000 IN 0.3 12224
2768 sshd
1392 1 0
e000000030e10000 IN 0.4 19280
4304 sendmail
1400 1 0
e000000030ff0000 IN 0.4 16944
3744 sendmail
1419 1 0
e00000002f080000 IN 0.1 4448
1248 gpm
1445 1 0
e00000002f100000 IN 0.2 63200
2352 crond
1455 1 0
e00000002f190000 IN 0.1 3408
1392 anacron
1464 1 0
e00000002f240000 IN 0.1 5952
1344 atd
1476 1 0
e00000002ec78000 IN 2.5 106560 24224
yum-updatesd
1486 1 0
e00000002ec08000 IN 0.6 9888
5920 hald
1487 1486 0 e00000002f1c8000
IN 0.3 6832 2752 hald-runner
1493 1487 0 e00000002ef20000
IN 0.2 4400 2032 hald-addon-acpi
1519 1 0
e00000002d1d8000 IN 0.1 4688
944 smartd
1522 1 0
e00000002d380000 IN 0.1 3456
1376 agetty
> 1523 7 0
e0000000301e0000 RU 0.0
0 0 [suspend]
crash> bt
PID: 1523 TASK: e0000000301e0000 CPU: 0
COMMAND: "suspend"
#0 [BSP:e0000000301e11a8] schedule at a0000001005e0420
#1 [BSP:e0000000301e1168] read_reply at a0000001003ca070
#2 [BSP:e0000000301e1120] xs_talkv at a0000001003ca520
#3 [BSP:e0000000301e10f0] xs_unwatch at a0000001003ca7a0
#4 [BSP:e0000000301e10d0] xs_suspend at a0000001003cb200
#5 [BSP:e0000000301e10b0] xenbus_suspend at a0000001003cddb0
crash>
Dave