Dave, thanks for your reply.
I am trying to find out why a change I made to the hypervisor is
crashing. Using print statements is not a workable solution so I'm
trying the coredump approach. I have crash working on a coredump but
the backtrace information does not match what Xen puts out on its serial
port (I know Xen's it's not 100% correct, but at least it does show some
of the actual routines executed in the calltrace).
Additionally, I want to select the context that allows me to walk up and
down the stack and look at the source code and its local variables. I
can do this with a typical GDB coredump file so I was looking for an
equivalent functionality with 'crash'. Does crash support that?
I have tried to run gdb against the /proc/vmcore but it complains about
an unrecognized format, so it looks like my only choice right now is
'crash', unless someone has figured out how to make GDB work with Xen
cores.
Thank you again!
Roger
This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...
KERNEL: xen-syms
DUMPFILE: /dom0/proc/vmcore
CPUS: 4
DOMAINS: 6
UPTIME: 01:51:01
MACHINE: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5140 @ 2.33GHz (2327 Mhz)
MEMORY: 4 GB
PCPU-ID: 2
PCPU: ff1bbfb4
VCPU-ID: 0
VCPU: ffbdf080 (VCPU_RUNNING)
DOMAIN-ID: 1
DOMAIN: ff1a8080 (DOMAIN_RUNNING)
STATE: CRASH
crash> bt
PCPU: 2 VCPU: ffbdf080
#0 [ff1bbcd4] kexec_crash_save_cpu at ff10a8ad
#1 [ff1bbcdc] kexec_crash at ff10a9f0
#2 [ff1bbcec] panic at ff11b9c2
#3 [ff1bbd1c] do_invalid_op at ff13314b
#4 [ff1bbd7c] handle_exception at ff1734bc
==== output from Xen's serial port during the crash ===
(XEN) Xen BUG at page_alloc.c:902
(XEN) ----[ Xen-3.1.0 x86_32p debug=n Not tainted ]----
(XEN) CPU: 2
(XEN) EIP: e008:[<ff10e4c5>] free_domheap_pages+0x105/0x2d0
(XEN) EFLAGS: 00010206 CONTEXT: hypervisor
(XEN) eax: 00000000 ebx: f839ea18 ecx: e8000081 edx: 00000000
(XEN) esi: 00000000 edi: ffbd4080 ebp: 00000001 esp: ff1bbdb0
(XEN) cr0: 8005003b cr4: 000026f0 cr3: 00bdfca0 cr2: d9ee6f88
(XEN) ds: e010 es: e010 fs: e010 gs: e010 ss: e010 cs: e008
(XEN) Xen stack trace from esp=ff1bbdb0:
(XEN) ff17dd3c e8000081 00000000 00000003 2dad0067 00000000 f839ea18
f839ea18
(XEN) ffbd0900 00000000 ff19b0a0 ff108df1 f839ea18 00000000 001269c1
00000022
(XEN) ffbdfd30 ff14382e ffbdf080 ffbdfd30 ff23e900 ff23e900 0000000f
ff23e900
(XEN) ff1a8080 ff115457 ffbe6080 ffc01000 ffbdf080 ff1a8080 ff1a9708
ff23e900
(XEN) ff1af104 000f060e 00000000 00000000 ffbd4080 001269c1 00009708
ff1a8080
(XEN) 00000614 ffbc9000 00220001 ff159d31 00000001 00000001 00000000
0000060e
(XEN) 00000000 ff1a96d4 ffbdfdfc ffbdfdf8 ff1bf080 ff14b8d0 ff1a9708
f9efbefd
(XEN) 0000060e 07b86000 00000000 269c1000 00000001 00000014 fe867ce8
ff1bbfb4
(XEN) 00000014 ff1bbfb4 ff1ad1f0 ff13f088 00000001 f95dfba0 00000001
47868c00
(XEN) 00000000 0000060e f2e792f6 0000060e 00fee003 ffffffff ff107c90
00000012
(XEN) 00000003 00000000 ffbdf080 ff15d2d4 ff1bbfb4 fffe00b0 ff1bbfb4
0000060e
(XEN) 00000004 00000000 ffbdf080 f9c8f8bf ff144f0d ffbdf080 00000000
ffbdf080
(XEN) 0000060e ff1a96d4 ffbdf080 ffffffff ff14b7df ffbdf080 ffffffff
ffbdfd74
(XEN) ff14cbb7 ffbdfd74 ffbdf080 ffbdf080 ff144ffa ffbdf080 ffbdf080
f95df858
(XEN) ff1575ef ffbdf080 ff1a9708 ff23e900 ff1153ae f9efbefd 0000060e
ff1af100
(XEN) 00000002 ff1bbfb4 ff1bbfb4 00000001 47868c00 00000000 f95dfb54
ff15e717
(XEN) ff1bbfb4 00000001 f95dfba0 00000001 47868c00 00000000 f95dfb54
00000014
(XEN) 00f0000b ff249285 00000008 00000282 f95dfb44 00000010 00000000
00000000
(XEN) 00000000 00000000 00000002 ffbdf080
(XEN) Xen call trace:
(XEN) [<ff10e4c5>] free_domheap_pages+0x105/0x2d0
(XEN) [<ff19b0a0>] dmi_decode+0x20/0xd0
(XEN) [<ff108df1>] do_grant_table_op+0x1161/0x1910
(XEN) [<ff14382e>] hvm_io_assist+0x13e/0x1400
(XEN) [<ff1a8080>] zap_low_mappings+0x80/0xa0
(XEN) [<ff115457>] add_entry+0x57/0x140
(XEN) [<ff1a8080>] zap_low_mappings+0x80/0xa0
(XEN) [<ff1a8080>] zap_low_mappings+0x80/0xa0
(XEN) [<ff159d31>] vmx_io_instruction+0x421/0xc30
(XEN) [<ff14b8d0>] pt_thaw_time+0x70/0x80
(XEN) [<ff13f088>] hvm_do_hypercall+0xb8/0x1e0
(XEN) [<ff107c90>] do_grant_table_op+0x0/0x1910
(XEN) [<ff15d2d4>] vmx_vmexit_handler+0x334/0x1760
(XEN) [<ff144f0d>] is_isa_irq_masked+0x2d/0x90
(XEN) [<ff14b7df>] pt_update_irq+0x9f/0x120
(XEN) [<ff14cbb7>] vlapic_has_interrupt+0x37/0x60
(XEN) [<ff144ffa>] cpu_has_pending_irq+0x3a/0x60
(XEN) [<ff1575ef>] vmx_intr_assist+0x3f/0x2e0
(XEN) [<ff1153ae>] timer_softirq_action+0xce/0xf0
(XEN) [<ff15e717>] vmx_asm_vmexit_handler+0x17/0x20
(XEN)
(XEN)
(XEN) ****************************************
(XEN) Panic on CPU 2:
(XEN) Xen BUG at page_alloc.c:902
(XEN) ****************************************
(XEN)
-----Original Message-----
From: crash-utility-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:crash-utility-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Anderson
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 2:51 PM
To: Discussion list for crash utility usage, maintenance and development
Subject: Re: Debugging Xen Hypervisor with 'crash'
question...
Roger Cruz wrote:
> Sorry if this is an obvious question but I'm new to the 'crash'
utility.
> I read Anderson's white paper on crash and didn't find any references
> to how to use 'crash' to debug the hypervisor. I have crash running
and
> accessing Domain 0's kernel tasks and other variables, so I am
> comfortable thinking that I have the right setup. I start crash with:
>
>
>
> #crash xen-syms /dom0/proc/vmcore
>
>
>
> And get the following output
>
>
>
> #crash xen-syms /dom0/proc/vmcore
>
>
>
> crash 4.0-4.7
>
> Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
>
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>
> Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Hewlett-Packard Co
>
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>
> Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 VA Linux Systems Japan K.K.
>
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>
> 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.
>
>
>
> GNU gdb 6.1
>
> Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> GDB 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.
>
> Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
>
> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for
details.
>
> This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...
>
>
>
> KERNEL: xen-syms
>
> DUMPFILE: /dom0/proc/vmcore
>
> CPUS: 4
>
> DOMAINS: 4
>
> UPTIME: 00:01:30
>
> MACHINE: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5140 @ 2.33GHz (2327 Mhz)
>
> MEMORY: 4 GB
>
> PCPU-ID: 2
>
> PCPU: ff1bbfb4
>
> VCPU-ID: 0
>
> VCPU: ffbe6080 (VCPU_RUNNING)
>
> DOMAIN-ID: 0
>
> DOMAIN: ff238080 (DOMAIN_RUNNING)
>
> STATE: CRASH
>
>
>
> I would like to know what commands there are to examine the memory
> management system or any other internal data structures. Also, how do
I
> look at a stack trace in the hypervisor for a crash. I tried the 'gdb
> where' command and it said no stack.
>
Enter "help" -- it shows the commands when running against
a xen-syms hypervisor:
crash> help
* dumpinfo list sched vcpu
alias eval log search vcpus
ascii exit p set whatis
bt extend pcpus struct wr
dis foreach pte sym q
domain gdb rd sys
doms help repeat union
crash version: 4.0-4.7 gdb version: 6.1
For help on any command above, enter "help <command>".
For help on input options, enter "help input".
For help on output options, enter "help output".
crash>
Then for any particular command, enter "help <command>",
so for backtrace options, enter "help bt". I do note
that some of the common commands between running crash
on a vmlinux and a xen-syms show the help data for the
command as if it were running against a vmlinux, and
as such, some advertised options may not work on a
xen-syms session.
A limited set of gdb commands are runnable, although the
embedded gdb module has no clue of the vmcore file; it's
invoked internally as "gdb xen-syms".
I'm presuming that the crash occurred within the hypervisor
as opposed to the (vmlinux) kernel? If it happened within
kernel code, substitute the xen-syms argument with the
vmlinux of the dom0 kernel, and you will be presented
with a different set of commands.
Dave
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Cruz
>
> Principal SW Engineer
>
> Marathon Technologies Corp.
>
> 978-489-1153
>
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