> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 01:37:37 -0700
> From: daniel.kiper@oracle.com
> To: duanshuidao@hotmail.com
> CC: crash-utility@redhat.com
> Subject: RE: [Crash-utility] how to generate xen hypervisor core though kdump or other way?
>
> Hi,
>
> > crash 5.1.9
> > Copyright (C) 2002-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
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> > Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Hewlett-Packard Co
> > Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Fujitsu Limited
> > Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 VA Linux Systems Japan K.K.
> > Copyright (C) 2005 NEC Corporation
> > Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2007 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
> > Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Mission Critical Linux, Inc.
> > This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License,
> > and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under
> > certain conditions. Enter "help copying" to see the conditions.
> > This program has absolutely no warranty. Enter "help warranty" for details.
> >
> > crash: vmlinux-3.0.13-0.27-xen.gz: original filename unknown
> > Use "-f vmlinux-3.0.13-0.27-xen.gz" on command line to prevent this message.
> >
> > GNU gdb (GDB) 7.0
> > Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
> > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying"
> > and "show warranty" for details.
> > This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"...
> >
> > KERNEL: vmlinux-3.0.13-0.27-xen.gz
> > DEBUGINFO: ../lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-3.0.13-0.27-xen.debug
> > DUMPFILE: /mnt/winimg/crash/2012-09-30-19:03/vmcore
> > CPUS: 2
> > DATE: Sun Sep 30 19:02:52 2012
> > UPTIME: 07:45:24
> > LOAD AVERAGE: 0.32, 0.23, 0.14
> > TASKS: 207
> > NODENAME: HjCloud
> > RELEASE: 3.0.13-0.27-xen
> > VERSION: #1 SMP Wed Feb 15 13:33:49 UTC 2012 (d73692b)
> > MACHINE: x86_64 (2793 Mhz)
> > MEMORY: 3.6 GB
> > PANIC: "[27924.896523] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP " (check log for details)
> > PID: 7450
> > COMMAND: "bash"
> > TASK: ffff8800cfbf61c0 [THREAD_INFO: ffff8800cba86000]
> > CPU: 1
> > STATE: TASK_RUNNING (PANIC)
>
> [...]
>
> One more question. What is the size of crash dump file?
> Is it almost equal to:
> <machine_memory_size> - <memory_reserved_for_crash_kernel>
>
> Daniel