Hi Experts:
Here is crash tool failed to work issue:
0, it occur on pwoerpc p2041(e500mc) board, p2020(e500v2) will not have this issue.
kernel version: 2.6.34
crash tool version: 6.1.4
1, before trigger kdump, if insert a custom kernel module, the created vmcore will failed
to be analysis.
2, before trigger kdump, if no custom kernel module was inserted, the crash can worked
well on created vmcore file.
Do you have some comments on this scene?
The error log when run crash tool is here listed for reference:
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/coredump> ./crash.p4 vmlinux.host.20160108nokgdbserial vmcore-1970-01-01
crash.p4 6.1.4
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Copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2007 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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GNU gdb (GDB) 7.3.1
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This GDB was configured as "powerpc-wrs-linux"...
please wait... (gathering module symbol data)
crash.p4: invalid structure member offset: module_core_size
FILE: kernel.c LINE: 2976 FUNCTION: module_init()
[./crash.p4] error trace: 1006b48c => 100deff8 => 1011ac7c => 10067740
10067740: OFFSET_verify.part.27+76
1011ac7c: OFFSET_verify+76
100deff8: module_init+1576
1006b48c: main_loop+236
root@RCU-1:/mnt/userdir/coredump>
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Best Regards,
James