Hi Dave, I also came across the same problem, tt->refresh_hash_table is set to refresh_hlist_task_table_v2(), after executing the function the tt->current is set to 0 (zero). (gdb) p *tt $3 = {current = 0x0, context_array = 0x8194e4f0, refresh_task_table = 0x800b1380 <refresh_hlist_task_table_v2>, flags = 1608, task_start = 0, task_end = 0, task_local = 0x8179bda0, max_tasks = 154, nr_threads = 70, running_tasks = 2, retries = 0, panicmsg = 0, panic_processor = 0, idle_threads = {3384520, 12953368, 0 <repeats 62 times>}, panic_threads = { 0 <repeats 64 times>}, panic_ksp = {0 <repeats 64 times>}, active_set = {3384520, 32872136, 0 <repeats 62 times>}, hardirq_ctx = {0 <repeats 64 times>}, hardirq_tasks = { 0 <repeats 64 times>}, softirq_ctx = {0 <repeats 64 times>}, softirq_tasks = {0 <repeats 64 times>}, panic_task = 0, this_task = 0, pidhash_len = 1024, pidhash_addr = 4037248, last_task_read = 12953368, last_thread_info_read = 13058048, last_mm_read = 0, task_struct = 0x815eb8e0 "", thread_info = 0x81623ad0 "", mm_struct = 0x8175e420 ""} (gdb) Regards Hariharan T.S. System Software Engineer, zSeries - Red Hat Enterprise Linux, India Software Lab - IBM Systems & Technology Group, Embassy Golf Links Business Park, Bangalore, INDIA Direct +91-80-4177-7545 e-mail: hariharan.ts@xxxxxxxxxx India Software Lab Jeff Layton wrote: I was trying to run crash against a live rawhide kernel and am getting some errors when I try to start it: crash: invalid task address in pid_hash: ccccccccccccca84 crash: invalid task address in pid_hash: ccccccccccccca84 ... crash: invalid task address in pid_hash: ccccccccccccca84 crash: cannot gather a stable task list via pid_hash (500 retries) ...and then crash exits. There are a few messages in dmesg: crash memory driver: version 1.0 crash memory driver: !page_is_ram(pfn: 61000000c) Relevant packages: kernel-2.6.24-0.62.rc3.git5.fc9.x86_64 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.24-0.62.rc3.git5.fc9.x86_64 crash-4.0-4.10.x86_64 ... the host is a FV xen guest (but that shouldn't matter, should it?). I'm hoping I'm just doing something wrong, but I don't see anything right offhand. Hard to do anything wrong, i.e., you just have to enter "crash". With a kernel that new, it certainly could be shifting sands syndrome. It did get quite a long way before failing. I wonder if something's changed upstream associated with the pid_hash code? Can you verify that the tt->refresh_hash_table gets set to refresh_hlist_task_table_v2()? If the system is accessible to me (reply offline), I'll be happy to take a look. Dave -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility