----- Original Message ----- > > > Hi, > > I am using crash 6.0.8. > kernel 3.1.14. > > I get followig. > > crash: nr_node_ids: symbol does not exist > crash: unable to initialize kmem slab cache subsystem > > do I need to upgrade crash to 6.1 ? > > Regards, > Oza. > When in doubt, always check http://people.redhat.com/anderson/crash.changelog.html: http://people.redhat.com/anderson/crash.changelog.html#6_1_0 6.1.0 - Fix for 32-bit SADUMP dumpfiles to correctly check whether a requested physical address is within the 0-640K backup region. Without the patch, requested physical addresses that are larger than 32-bits are truncated to 32-bit values, leading to unexpected results. (d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) ... [cut] ... - Fix for Linux 3.0 and later kernels that have been configured with CONFIG_SLAB and without CONFIG_NODES_SHIFT. Without the patch, the warning messages "crash: nr_node_ids: symbol does not exist" and "crash: unable to initialize kmem slab cache subsystem" are displayed during initialization, and the "kmem -[sS]" options fail with the message "kmem: kmem cache slab subsystem not available". (per.fransson@xxxxxxxxxxxx, anderson@xxxxxxxxxx) ... Dave -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility
