On 04/28/15 14:09, Dave Anderson wrote:
----- Original Message -----
> On 04/28/15 11:27, Dave Anderson wrote:
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> Without this change REMOTE_DAEMON and GET_TIMESTAMP shared
>>> one bit.
>>> ---
>>> defs.h | 4 ++--
>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/defs.h b/defs.h
>>> index d2a8215..3f4b648 100644
>>> --- a/defs.h
>>> +++ b/defs.h
>>> @@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ struct program_context {
>>> #define INCOMPLETE_DUMP (0x8000ULL)
>>> #define is_incomplete_dump() (pc->flags2 & INCOMPLETE_DUMP)
>>> #define QEMU_MEM_DUMP_COMPRESSED (0x10000ULL)
>>> +#define GET_TIMESTAMP (0x20000ULL)
>>> char *cleanup;
>>> char *namelist_orig;
>>> char *namelist_debug_orig;
>>> @@ -617,11 +618,10 @@ struct new_utsname {
>>>
>>> #define GCC_VERSION_DEPRECATED
>>> (GCC_3_2|GCC_3_2_3|GCC_2_96|GCC_3_3_2|GCC_3_3_3)
>>>
>>> -/* flags2 */
>>> +/* kt flags2 */
>>> #define RELOC_AUTO (0x1ULL)
>>> #define KASLR (0x2ULL)
>>> #define KASLR_CHECK (0x4ULL)
>>> -#define GET_TIMESTAMP (0x8ULL)
>>>
>>> #define XEN() (kt->flags & ARCH_XEN)
>>> #define OPENVZ() (kt->flags & ARCH_OPENVZ)
>>> --
>>> 1.8.4
>>
>> Hi Don,
>>
>> Actually I'm going to fix it by keeping GET_TIMESTAMP in kt->flags2,
>> which is what was originally intended. The mistake was setting it in
>> the wrong place.
>>
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> Ok, Let me know if you want me to send a patch.
Nope, not necessary.
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>> The error scenario I see in normal usage is that when running
>> "crash -t" on a live system fails like so:
>>
>> crash: cannot open remote memory source: /dev/mem
>>
>> I'm guessing you see something different using your remote
>> capability?
>>
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> That is correct. It acts like -t was supplied and so is not usable.
So, let me get this straight -- this is the first time you're trying
to analyze a vmlinux kernel remotely? (i.e., instead of only a Xen
hypervisor)
Nope. This is the 1st time I was trying to analyze a vmlinux kernel
remotely with crash-7.1.0. crash 7.0.9 worked fine.
The change:
commit f7e429764056d10e0ae87921e722e4e703cfb362
Author: Dave Anderson <anderson(a)redhat.com>
Date: Thu Feb 5 14:40:44 2015 -0500
Added support for VMware .vmss suspended state files as dumpfiles.
Similar to all other supported dumpfile types, it is invoked as:
is where it was broken...
-Don Slutz
Dave
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