crash can not exit from readmem() recursive until it is killed because of
 OOM or Segmentation fault on PPC64 cpu.
 
 readmem-->kvtop-->ppc64_vtop_level4-->readme-->kvtop.... 
This is the first I've heard of it, but I normally don't use/test ppc64 kernels.
Typically, low-level ppc64 architecture support is done by IBM guys on the list.
I've cc'd this response directly to several of them to see if they've been
running
on more recent ppc64 kernel versions.
Dave 
 
 
 root@localhost:~# uname -a
 Linux localhost 3.4.20 #2 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 24 14:43:59 CST 2013
 ppc64 GNU/Linux
 root@localhost:~#
 
 root@localhost:~# crash
 
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 Segmentation fault (core dumped)
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 Reading symbols from /usr/bin/crash...Reading symbols from
 /usr/bin/.debug/crash...done.
 done.
 [New LWP 1166]
 
 warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-vdso64.so.1.
 Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?
 Core was generated by `crash '.
 Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
 #0 readmem (addr=13835058055299842048, memtype=1, buffer=0x10cbc460,
 size=4096, type=0x106eafe8 "level4 page", error_handle=1) at
 memory.c:1959
 1959 {
 (gdb) bt
 #0 readmem (addr=13835058055299842048, memtype=1, buffer=0x10cbc460,
 size=4096, type=0x106eafe8 "level4 page", error_handle=1) at
 memory.c:1959
 #1! 0x000000001011a2e4 in ppc64_vtop_level4
 (vaddr=13835058055299842048,
 level4=0xc0000000010dc000, paddr=0xfffe73ed1d8, verbose=<optimized
 out>)
 at ppc64.c:561
 #2 0x0000000010097264 in kvtop (tc=<optimized out>,
 kvaddr=<error reading variable: value has been optimized out>,
 paddr=<optimized out>,
 verbose=<error reading variable: value has been optimized out>)
 at memory.c:2765
 #3 0x000000001009895c in readmem (addr=13835058055299842048,
 memtype=<optimized out>, buffer=<optimized out>, size=<optimized
 out>,
 type=0x106eafe8 "level4 page", error_handle=1) at memory.c:2032
 #4 0x000000001011a2e4 in ppc64_vtop_level4
 (vaddr=13835058055299842048,
 level4=0xc0000000010dc000, paddr=0xfffe73ed418, verbose=&!
 lt;optimized out>)
 at ppc64.c:561
 #5 ! 0x0000000010097264 in kvtop (tc=<optimized out>,
 kvaddr=<error reading variable: value has been optimized out>,
 paddr=<optimized out>,
 verbose=<error reading variable: value has been optimized out>)
 at memory.c:2765
 #6 0x000000001009895c in readmem (addr=13835058055299842048,
 memtype=<optimized out>, buffer=<optimized out>, size=<optimized
 out>,
 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---quit
 type=Quit
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