8:11 a.m.
- Fix for the "bt" command on 2.6.30 and later x86_64 kernels that
may be seen when a System.map file is used on the command line.
Without the patch, the "bt" frame-by-frame output may be interspersed
with error messages indicating "bt: invalid kernel virtual address:
<address> type: call byte".
(anderson(a)redhat.com)
- Fix for the KVM error messages generated by store_mapfile_offset() and
and load_mapfile_offset() when an invalid physical address is issued.
The errno translation displayed by both functions was irrelevant; and
load_mapfile_offset() has been changed to show its error message only
if CRASHDEBUG(1) is in effect, making its behaviour similar to the
read functions associated with the other dumpfile types.
(anderson(a)redhat.com)
- Fix for the "sig" command on 2.6.35 and later kernels to account for
the "signal_struct" member name change from "count" to
"nr_threads".
Without the patch, the command would fail with the error message
"sig: invalid structure member offset: signal_struct_count".
(anderson(a)redhat.com)
- Fix for the "net -s" command option on 2.6.33 and later kernels
to account for the "inet_sock" structure member name changes from
"daddr", "rcv_saddr", "dport", "sport" and
"num" to the equivalent
name preceded by "inet_". Without the patch, the command would fail
for tasks with open sockets with the error message "net: invalid
structure member offset: inet_opt_daddr".
(anderson(a)redhat.com)
- Fix for the "mod" command on 2.6.35 and later kernels to account
for the removal of the "owner" member from the "attribute"
structure.
Without the patch, the "mod" command fail with the error message
"mod: invalid structure member offset: attribute_owner".
(anderson(a)redhat.com)
- Fix for the "mount -f" command on 2.6.36 and later kernels to account
for the data type change of the super_block "s_files" member from
"struct list_head" to "struct list_head __percpu *". The open
files
of a super_block are no longer contained on a single list, and are
now linked onto one of the per-cpu lists. Without the patch the
command would fail with the error message "mount: invalid kernel
virtual address: <percpu-offset> type: first list entry".
(anderson(a)redhat.com)
- Fix for the "files" command when the vfsmount pointer in the file
structure's "f_path" member is not suitable for the root vfsmount to
be used when reconstructing the full file pathname. Without the
patch, open files in /dev directory may be truncated and not show
the "/dev" filename component.
(anderson(a)redhat.com)
- Change to the manner in which the cpu count is determined for x86_64
kernels. SLES11 2.6.32 kernels delay the call to crash_kexec() until
after smp_send_stop() is called by panic(), and so the cpu_online_map
cannot be used for determining the cpu count. With the patch, the
cpu_present_map is used.
(Jeffrey.Hagen(a)teradata.com)
- Fix for the "bt" command with 2.6.27 and later x86_64 kernels to
prevent the possible display of a an invalid "vgettimeofday" frame
above the topmost "system_call_fastpath" frame, followed by two
read errors indicating "bt: read error: kernel virtual address:
ffffffffff600000 type: gdb_readmem_callback".
(anderson(a)redhat.com)
- Currently the "s390dbf" command uses KL_UINT() for reading pointers,
which works only if the pointers are below 4 GiB. To fix this issue
a new KL_ULONG() function has been added to read pointers correctly.
(holzheu(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com)
- Implement the capability of building crash as an x86 binary for ARM
dumpfiles on an x86_64 host. The initial ARM support only allowed
the building of an x86 binary for ARM dumpfiles to be done from an
x86 host. To build crash as an x86 binary on an x86_64 host, enter
"make target=ARM".
(Jan.Karlsson(a)sonyericsson.com)
- Simplify the ARM build procedure after an initial ARM build has
been completed in a crash source tree. With the patch, it is only
necessary to enter "make target=ARM" for the intial build; subsequent
builds can be done with "make" alone, which will continue to build
with ARM support.
(Jan.Karlsson(a)sonyericsson.com, anderson(a)redhat.com)
- Implemented the capability of building an X86 crash binary on an
X86_64 host, which can be done by entering "make target=X86". After
the initial build is complete, subsequent builds can be done by
entering "make" alone.
(anderson(a)redhat.com)
- Fix for a regression in get_text_init_space() due to logic added by
the ARM processor support. Without the patch, the function would not
recognize the failure to find the kernel's .text.init address for
non-ARM architectures.
(perr.fransson.ml(a)gmail.com, anderson(a)redhat.com)
- Implemented support for SMP on the ARM architecture.
(per.xx.fransson(a)stericsson.com)
- Fix for the x86_64 "bt" command on 2.6.31 and later kernels when the
crash was generated by an "echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger". Without
the patch, the backtrace starts at sysrq_handle_crash() and does
not display the exception frame from the forced oops. This is not
applicable to older kernels where crash_kexec() is called directly
from sysrq_handle_crash(), or if an actual alt-sysrq-c keystroke
sequence is entered.
(anderson(a)redhat.com)
- Fix to recognize module "init" symbols that are still valid, whose
vmalloc'd virtual memory has not been vfree'd by sys_init_module().
Without the patch those symbols are not visible by any of the "sym"
command options, nor by commands that try to translate their virtual
addresses to a symbol name, such as the "bt" command if the kernel
crashed during a module load.
(hutao(a)cn.fujitsu.com, anderson(a)redhat.com)
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