Re: [Crash-utility] core file contents
----- "tom anderson" <xentoma(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
I have two different core files generated from two different
kernels.
I noticed one contains all segments
crash> sym -m dpm_kstat
ffffffffa00c4000 MODULE START: my_kstat
...
ffffffffa00c5290 (t) kstat_numrange_create
ffffffffa00c55a0 (r) __func__.41073
...
ffffffffa00c5ddb (r) __kstrtab_kstat_numrange_iter_init
ffffffffa00c5e60 (d) dprintflevel_kstat
...
ffffffffa00c5f40 (d) __this_module
ffffffffa00c61a0 (b) kstat_spinlock
...
ffffffffa00c6e5e MODULE END: my_kstat
while the other contains only text segments. Is there some define in
the kernel config or in core file generation which causes this?
crash> sym -m dpm_kstat
ffffffffa00b9000 MODULE START: dpm_kstat
ffffffffa00b9000 (t) kstat_cmd_gettbl
ffffffffa00b9930 (t) kstat_exit
ffffffffa00b9930 (t) cleanup_module
ffffffffa00b9a20 (t) kstat_init
ffffffffa00b9a20 (t) init_module
ffffffffa00b9bb0 (t) kstat_unregister_provider
ffffffffa00b9c90 (t) kstat_register_provider
ffffffffa00b9dc0 (t) kstat_numrange_dprintf
ffffffffa00b9fa0 (t) kstat_numrange_match
ffffffffa00b9fe0 (t) kstat_numrange_iter_init
ffffffffa00ba060 (t) kstat_numrange_destroy
ffffffffa00ba0a0 (t) kstat_numrange_addentry
ffffffffa00ba1e0 (t) kstat_numrange_create
ffffffffa00bb5af MODULE END: dpm_kstat
I'm not exactly sure.
Typically if you display the module contents by getting the module
address from the "mod" command output, and dump it like so:
crash> module <address>
the "num_symtab" field will be roughly equal to the symbol count:
crash> mod | grep ext4
ffffffffa020e260 ext4 353979 (not loaded) [CONFIG_KALLSYMS]
crash> module.num_symtab ffffffffa020e260
num_symtab = 1080,
crash> sym -m ext4 | wc -l
1081
crash>
When you do the "mod" command on the two different kernels,
does it show "[CONFIG_KALLSYMS" on the end of each module's
line? If not, that may have something to do with it.
And if you run the "mod" command to load the debuginfo
data of that module, it's possible that a subsequent
"sym -m <module>" command may show additional symbols.
Dave