[Crash-utility] Re: [PATCH v6 1/5] ppc64: correct gdb passthroughs by implementing machdep->get_cpu_reg

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Hi Kazu,

On Thu, Feb 01, 2024 at 08:29:01AM +0000, HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁) wrote:
> On 2024/01/24 15:57, HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁) wrote:
> > Is it possible to upload a sample ppc64le vmcore and vmlinux somewhere
> > off-list?  I would like to check the behavior at my end, probably
> > ppc64le vmcores can be processed by x86_64 crash for ppc64 vmcore.
> 
> Thanks for the sample vmlinux and vmcore.
> 
> I'm still reviewing the patches and "gdb bt" looks good to me, but it
> looks like "gdb info threads" calls GETBUF() too much.  and the next
> same command fails.
> 
> $ crash-ppc64 vmlinux vmcore
> ...
> crash-ppc64> gdb info threads
>    Id   Target Id         Frame
>    1    CPU 0             plpar_hcall_norets_notrace () at arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S:114
>    2    CPU 1             plpar_hcall_norets_notrace () at arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S:114
>    3    CPU 2             plpar_hcall_norets_notrace () at arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S:114
> ...
>    42   CPU 41            plpar_hcall_norets_notrace () at arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S:114
> * 43   CPU 42            0xc00000000005ae44 in crash_fadump (regs=0x0, str=0xc000000002c0a6a0 <buf> "sysrq triggered crash") at arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c:728
>    44   CPU 43            plpar_hcall_norets_notrace () at arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S:114
> ...
>    54   CPU 53            plpar_hcall_norets_notrace () at arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S:114
>    55   CPU 54            plpar_hcall_norets_notrace () at arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S:114
>     buf_1K_used: 50
>     buf_2K_used: 10
>     buf_4K_used: 2
>     buf_8K_used: 0
>    buf_32K_used: 3
> ...
>    malloc_bp[1997]: 8f3db90
>    malloc_bp[1998]: 8f41ba0
>    malloc_bp[1999]: 8f45bb0
>        smallest: 24
>         largest: 2883584
>        embedded: 2003
>    max_embedded: 2003
>         mallocs: 2162
>           frees: 162
>      reqs/total: 2228/41701642
>    average size: 18717
> gdb: cannot allocate any more memory!
> crash-ppc64>
> crash-ppc64> gdb info threads
> ui-out.c:357: internal-error: tables cannot be nested; table_begin found before previous table_end.
> A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
> further debugging may prove unreliable.
> Quit this debugging session? (y or n)
> 
> 
> Doesn't this happen on ppc64 machines?
> There might be lack of FREEBUF() somewhere.

Thanks for the hint about missing FREEBUF, yes, a FREEBUF was missing
in `ppc64_get_cpu_reg`, where the stack memory was allocated a buffer,
everytime `ppc64_get_cpu_reg` was called.

I have fixed in v7. I don't know why I didn't hit it before.

Thanks,
Aditya Gupta

> 
> Thanks,
> Kazu
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