----- Original Message -----
>
> Hi Dave,
> Does this sound like a bug, it need right shift of the subtraction result,
> crash-git> pd (678324157984276 >> 32)
> $10 = 157934
> crash-git> pd ((681670518181331-678324157984276) >> 32)
> p: gdb request failed: p ((681670518181331-678324157984276)
> crash-git>
>
> It might be lacking support of some advanced arithmetic, so what is a proper
> wayto do some arithmetic like this?

No, it is a crash bug.  If you turn on the console mode, you can see the string
that is passed on to gdb.  Simple example:
 
  crash> !tty
  /dev/pts/8
  crash> set console /dev/pts/8
  debug console [2850]: /dev/pts/8
  console: /dev/pts/8
  crash> set debug 1
  debug: 1
  crash>
 
The simple shift case works, and you can see the string that gets passed
to gdb on the 2nd line of output, in the bracket after gdb_pass_through:
 
  crash> pd (15 >> 1)
  error() trace: 467e99 => 51c147 => 518ca6 => 46eaff
  gdb_pass_through: [p (15 >> 1)]
  p: per_cpu_symbol_search((15 >> 1)): NULL
  $9 = 7
  crash>
 
But by adding the internal set of parentheses, the string gets
clipped, and just "p ((15+1)" gets passed to gdb:
 
  crash> pd ((15+1) >> 1)
  error() trace: 467e99 => 51c147 => 518ca6 => 46eaff
  p: per_cpu_symbol_search(((15+1)): NULL
  gdb_pass_through: [p ((15+1)]
  error() trace: 467e99 => 51c1e7 => 51a7d5 => 46eaff
  p: gdb request failed: p ((15+1)
  crash>

So it's either related to the crash command line redirection code,
or in the process_gdb_output() function.  (Feel free to debug it
if you have the time...)

Thanks,