> Jeff Layton wrote: >> Looks like we might have gotten bitten by some upstream changes >> again... >> >> When I run crash on a recent rawhide x86_64 kernel, I seem to be >> getting this error: >> >> crash: invalid structure member offset: task_struct_parent >> FILE: task.c LINE: 2163 FUNCTION: store_context() >> >> [/usr/bin/crash] error trace: 49150a => 495bb8 => 4963be => 4fc1bc >> /usr/bin/nm: /usr/bin/crash: no symbols >> /usr/bin/nm: /usr/bin/crash: no symbols >> /usr/bin/nm: /usr/bin/crash: no symbols >> /usr/bin/nm: /usr/bin/crash: no symbols >> >> Relevant package versions: >> >> crash-4.0-6.2.x86_64 >> kernel-2.6.25-0.185.rc7.git6.fc9.x86_64 >> >> ...machine is a x86_64 FV xen guest. Any thoughts? >> >> Thanks, > > Yep, although the change is not upstream in Linus's tree, Roland's > linux-2.6-utrace.patch removes it in Fedora: > > @@ -1070,18 +1063,26 @@ struct task_struct { > /* > * pointers to (original) parent process, youngest child, > younger sibling, > * older sibling, respectively. (p->father can be replaced with > - * p->parent->pid) > + * p->real_parent->pid) > */ > - struct task_struct *real_parent; /* real parent process (when > being debugged) */ > - struct task_struct *parent; /* parent process */ > + struct task_struct *real_parent; /* real parent process */ > /* > - * children/sibling forms the list of my children plus the > - * tasks I'm ptracing. > + * children/sibling forms the list of my natural children > */ > > AFAICT, task_struct.real_parent can be substituted. Try the attached > patch. (and then wait to see what else has been broken...) > > Dave > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --- task.c.orig 2008-04-04 09:48:38.000000000 -0400 > +++ task.c 2008-04-04 09:50:13.000000000 -0400 > @@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ > MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(task_struct_processor, "task_struct", "processor"); > MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(task_struct_p_pptr, "task_struct", "p_pptr"); > MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(task_struct_parent, "task_struct", "parent"); > + if (INVALID_MEMBER(task_struct_parent)) > + MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(task_struct_parent, "task_struct", > + "real_parent"); > MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(task_struct_has_cpu, "task_struct", "has_cpu"); > MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(task_struct_cpus_runnable, > "task_struct", "cpus_runnable");