https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=463523
Summary: Crash tool gives error while analysing vmcore in
opensuse 11.1 Final, ppc64
Product: openSUSE 11.1
Version: Final
Platform: PowerPC-64
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: Major
Priority: P5 - None
Component: Other
AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com
ReportedBy: bugproxy@us.ibm.com
QAContact: qa@suse.de
Found By: Third Party Developer/Partner
Partner ID: LTC 50852
=Comment: #0=================================================
Pavan Naregundi -
While analysing vmcore in opensuse 11.1 Final, ppc64 crash gives error as shown
below
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# crash -d 1 vmlinux-2.6.27.7-9-ppc64 vmlinux-2.6.27.7-9-ppc64.debug vmcore
crash 4.0-7.4
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WARNING: machine type mismatch:
crash utility: PPC
vmlinux-2.6.27.7-9-ppc64: PPC64
NOTE: You might want to try the 'crosscrash' tool which is
distributed in the 'crosscrash' package on SUSE Linux.
crash: vmlinux-2.6.27.7-9-ppc64: not a xen ELF core file
crash: diskdump / compressed kdump: dump does not have panic dump header
crash: vmlinux-2.6.27.7-9-ppc64: not a supported file format
Usage:
crash [-h [opt]][-v][-s][-i file][-d num] [-S] [mapfile] [namelist]
[dumpfile]
Enter "crash -h" for details
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As mentioned in 'NOTE' of above message used "crosscrash" to produce the
following error
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# crosscrash -d 1 vmlinux-2.6.27.7-9-ppc64 vmlinux-2.6.27.7-9-ppc64.debug
vmcore
crosscrash 4.0-7.4
Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 IBM Corporation
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.
compressed kdump: header->utsname.machine:
Retrying with different block size: 0
crosscrash: diskdump / compressed kdump: cannot malloc block_size buffer
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Error in crash tool seems like 64 bit compatibility issue of the 32bit crash
tool
# file /usr/bin/crash
/usr/bin/crash: ELF 32-bit MSB executable, PowerPC or cisco 4500, version 1
(SYSV), for GNU/Linux
2.6.4, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
# uname -a
Linux llm62 2.6.27.7-9-ppc64 #1 SMP 2008-12-04 18:10:04 +0100 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64
GNU/Linux
# rpm -qf /usr/bin/crash
crash-4.0.7.4-8.3
CPU type: power 6
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