- Fix to recognize "linux_banner" symbol type change from 'R'
to 'r' in 2.6.20-rc2 kernels. Without the patch, the
session
fails during initialization with the error message " WARNING:
invalid linux_banner pointer: 756e694c", and then "crash:
vmlinux
and vmcore do not match! (vgoyal@in.ibm.com)
- Fix to recognize "__per_cpu_start" and "__per_cpu_end" symbol
type change from 'A' to 'D' in relocatable kernels.
Without
the patch, SMP kernels running on uniprocessor systems may
fail
during initialization with the message "crash: cannot resolve
init_task_union". (sachinp@in.ibm.com)
- Fix for the xencrash "dumpinfo -t" command to properly cycle
through the ELF_timeval structures for each cpu.
(anderson@redhat.com)
- Fix for x86_64 backtraces that may end prematurely at either a
stale "schedule" or "schedule_timeout" reference when doing
a
"bt" on an active task in a dumpfile. (anderson@redhat.com)
- Fix for a possible empty panic message in 2.6 kernels both during
initialization and when running the "sys" command, because
of
the change of the kernel panic() string from "Kernel panic:
" to
"Kernel panic -- not syncing: ". If the panic message
was not
recognized in another manner, such as by an oops message,
by a
kernel BUG message, or sysrq-generated crash, the "PANIC:"
status
would be empty. (anderson@redhat.com)
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