On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 17:27 -0500, Dave Anderson wrote: > Ming Zhang wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 15:57 -0500, Dave Anderson wrote: > >> Ming Zhang wrote: > >>> Hi All > >>> > >>> I wonder if it possible to have this feature - user defined symbol. > >>> > >>> for example, define inode1 = 0x1234 > >>> > >>> then in all place has this 0x1234 in bt or rd command, show inode1 > >>> instead of numeric value, > >>> > >>> This should be very helpful when these value pop up in a haystack of > >>> numeric values... > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >> Why not just pipe the relevant command to grep to pin-point the > >> locations of the value you're tracking? > >> > >> I know it's tempting, but creating a crash command/option for > >> specific kernel-debug cases would soon become overwhelming. > >> So I'm not particulary excited about this suggestion; maybe > >> others would be... > > > > understood. > > > > > >> BTW, as you requested earler, I've got the "kmem -s <address>" > >> output changed such that the base address of the object is shown > >> instead of the <address> argument which may be offset into the > >> slab object. With CONFIG_SLUB kernels, that's how it currently > >> works, although I'm also fixing "kmem -S" and "kmem -s address" > >> failures to handle some 2.6.25 kernel changes to SLUB object > >> free-list tracking. And there still appears to be more > >> SLUB-related churn being proposed on LKML on the horizon. it works. thanks! > > > > cool. where i can get this updated code? > > > > > >> Dave > > Remove the previous patch I sent you and apply the attached one. > > Dave > > -- Ming Zhang @#$%^ purging memory... (*!% http://blackmagic02881.wordpress.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/blackmagic02881 -------------------------------------------- -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility