10:34 p.m.
Hello,
I just noticed that on ppc64le, sometimes "bt" cannot find the stack
info of current process. For example, there is a vmcore captured by
kdump on a ppc64le system, which running with a kernel version 3.10. The
vmcore was captured when kernel oopsed. There is no stack info found by
bt:
crash 7.0.9-2.ael7b
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KERNEL: /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/3.10.0-221.ael7b.ppc64le/vmlinux
DUMPFILE: /var/crash/127.0.0.1-2015.01.15-22:19:14/vmcore [PARTIAL DUMP]
CPUS: 16
DATE: Thu Jan 15 21:18:16 2015
UPTIME: 17:53:43
LOAD AVERAGE: 213.58, 213.23, 212.70
TASKS: 1383
NODENAME: thymelp2.isst.aus.stglabs.ibm.com
RELEASE: 3.10.0-221.ael7b.ppc64le
VERSION: #1 SMP Wed Jan 7 09:27:09 EST 2015
MACHINE: ppc64le (3425 Mhz)
MEMORY: 15 GB
PANIC: "Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]" (check log for
details)
PID: 1970
COMMAND: "cat"
TASK: c0000003130874a0 [THREAD_INFO: c00000005069c000]
CPU: 5
STATE: TASK_RUNNING (PANIC)
crash> set debug 99
debug: 99
crash> bt
PID: 1970 TASK: c0000003130874a0 CPU: 5 COMMAND: "cat"
GETBUF(16384 -> 0)
<readmem: c00000005069c000, KVADDR, "stack contents", 16384, (ROE),
10a81570>
<read_diskdump: addr: c00000005069c000 paddr: 5069c000 cnt: 16384>
read_diskdump: paddr/pfn: 5069c000/5069 -> cache physical page: 50690000
c00000005069c018: do_no_restart_syscall
c00000005069e870: blk_throtl_bio+240
c00000005069e990: clone_endio
c00000005069ea00: generic_make_request_checks+836
c00000005069eab8: hardware_interrupt_common+128
c00000005069eac0: generic_make_request+36
c00000005069eb10: mempool_alloc_slab+36
c00000005069eb30: mempool_alloc+256
c00000005069eb50: mempool_alloc_slab+36
c00000005069ebc0: get_request+948
c00000005069ec00: __split_and_process_bio+1408
c00000005069ec20: autoremove_wake_function
c00000005069ec80: find_busiest_group+544
c00000005069edf0: load_balance+684
c00000005069ee10: blk_throtl_bio+240
c00000005069ee70: find_busiest_group+544
c00000005069eee0: dequeue_task_fair+968
c00000005069ef30: clone_endio
c00000005069ef50: get_page_from_freelist+1436
c00000005069f0a0: pSeries_cause_ipi_mux+112
c00000005069f0c0: smp_send_reschedule+164
c00000005069f0e0: default_wake_function+708
c00000005069f160: __wake_up_locked+116
c00000005069f1b0: ep_poll_callback+444
c00000005069f250: run_posix_cpu_timers+104
c00000005069f2c0: hvterm_raw_put_chars+64
c00000005069f2e0: hvc_console_print+336
c00000005069f3a8: initial_stab+2048
c00000005069f3b0: crash_save_cpu+252
c00000005069f488: cik_cp_resume+13476
c00000005069f490: dev_get_drvdata
c00000005069f580: default_machine_kexec+332
c00000005069f610: pSeries_machine_kexec+60
c00000005069f680: machine_kexec+56
c00000005069f6a0: crash_kexec+312
c00000005069f6f0: dev_attr_show+64
c00000005069f748: cik_cp_resume+13476
c00000005069f750: dev_get_drvdata
c00000005069f7f0: radeon_hwmon_show_temp+72
c00000005069f800: slb_miss_realmode+80
c00000005069f808: dev_get_drvdata
c00000005069f810: radeon_hwmon_show_temp+32
c00000005069f890: die+840
c00000005069f930: bad_page_fault+224
c00000005069f948: radeon_hwmon_show_temp+72
c00000005069f9a0: handle_page_fault+44
c00000005069fa00: dev_attr_show+64
c00000005069fa58: cik_cp_resume+13476
c00000005069fa60: dev_get_drvdata
c00000005069fb00: radeon_hwmon_show_temp+72
c00000005069fb10: slb_miss_realmode+80
c00000005069fb18: dev_get_drvdata
c00000005069fb20: radeon_hwmon_show_temp+32
c00000005069fb60: handle_mm_fault+1724
c00000005069fb80: sysfs_open_file
c00000005069fbd0: handle_page_fault+16
c00000005069fc90: alloc_pages_current+416
c00000005069fd00: dev_attr_show+64
c00000005069fd30: sysfs_read_file+220
c00000005069fde0: sys_read+304
c00000005069fe40: syscall_exit
[3fffd0d6fe88] back_trace:
task: c0000003130874a0
flags: 0
instptr: 0
stkptr: 0
bptr: 0
stackbase: c00000005069c000
stacktop: c0000000506a0000
tc: 1003c7b9fa8 (1970, c0000003130874a0)
hp: 0
ref: 0
stackbuf: 10a81570
textlist: 0
frameptr: 0
call_target: none
eframe_ip: 0
debug: 0
radix: 0
cpumask: 0
=> PC: 0 () FP: 0
GETBUF(248 -> 1)
GETBUF(1500 -> 2)
cannot find the stack info.
FREEBUF(2)
FREEBUF(1)
crash>
Is this a problem?
Thanks in advance!