Re: [Crash-utility] Linux Banner string missing.
----- "Feng LI" <funglee(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Dave and list,
I am the guy who is try to open the 64 bit vmcore dump with 64 bit xen
kernel and 32 bit dom0 kernel.
Finally, I have received the dom0 kernel with symbols, and I tried to
open the vmcore with crash (I patched with your "special patch").
But I have a new problem, the crash utility exits with an error "could
not read linux_banner string"
<readmem: c034c000, KVADDR, "accessible check", 4, (ROE|Q), ffff82e4>
addr: c034c000 paddr: 34c000 cnt: 4
<readmem: c034c000, KVADDR, "readstring characters", 1499, (ROE|Q),
ffff72d0>
addr: c034c000 paddr: 34c000 cnt: 1499
WARNING: cannot read linux_banner string
linux_banner:
crash32: boot/System.map-2.6.27.42-0.1.1.xs5.6.0.44.111158xen and
vmcore-2010-09-15-19-29-03 do not match!
Have you seen these error message before ? and Thanks for any help and
suggestion.
yours
Kevin F LI
ps.
I attached the log file generated with "-d 31" option.
Looking at the attached log file, things are regressing even further
than what was shown in your original reports. This time the vmcore
is not even being recognized as a Xen-generated core dump:
...
page_size: 0
switch_stack: 0
xen_kdump_data: (unused) <== this time
num_prstatus_notes: 0
vmcoreinfo: 0
size_vmcoreinfo: 0
nt_prstatus_percpu:
...
In your older post, it at least showed some xen_kdump_data:
...
page_size: 0
switch_stack: 0
xen_kdump_data:
flags: 4 (KDUMP_MFN_LIST)
p2m_mfn: 0
cr3: 0
last_mfn_read: ffffffff
last_pmd_read: ffffffff
page: 0
accesses: 0
cache_hits: 0
p2m_frames: 0
xen_phys_start: 7db00000
xen_major_version: 3
xen_minor_version: 0
p2m_mfn_frame_list: 0
num_prstatus_notes: 4
vmcoreinfo: 0
size_vmcoreinfo: 0
nt_prstatus_percpu:
084c8e10 084c9004 084c9198 084c932c
...
That may be due to the use of a System.map file, which forces
the crash utility to take some short-cuts during initialization.
Or again, it could be a side issue of the lack of crash utility
support for 32-bit vmcores taken from 64-bit Xen hypervisors.
But since you've apparently got the debuginfo-full dom0 vmlinux
file, then there's not need to use the System.map file. What
happens when you just run: "crash -d1 vmlinux vmcore"?
Dave