Hello Atsushi, Petr, Stefan et al., When applying the makedumpfile Xen4 patches to the makedumpfile 1.5.0 version and using it for a crash file to save just the dom0 and xen pages it again worked splendid in that makedumpfile was much faster than without the Xen4 patches. Alas I had to remove the OFFSET_IN_UNION_INIT(page._domain, "page_info", "domain") call because OFFSET_IN_UNION_INIT was no longer present. It didn't matter much because the call is only needed for makedumpfile -g or when using the /boot/xen-syms file. In the current 1.5.0 makedumpfile.c version you see OFFSET_INIT(page_info._domain, "page_info", "u"). The Xen4 patch modified this because the _domain structure member is in different unions for different version (x86, ia64) and may also not be the first entry in the union depending on the Xen version. OFFSET_IN_UNION_INIT(page_info._domain, "page_info", "_domain"); As an experiment I tried to use OFFSET_INIT(page_info._domain, "page_info", "domain") with makedumpfile 1.5.0. To get the correct offset I had to modify the dwarf_info.c code: --- ../makedumpfile-1.5.0/dwarf_info.c 2012-09-06 07:30:23.000000000 +0200 +++ dwarf_info.c 2012-09-12 15:49:23.000000000 +0200 @@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ static int is_anonymous_container(Dwarf_Die *die) { - if (dwarf_diename(die)) - return FALSE; + //if (dwarf_diename(die)) + // return FALSE; if (dwarf_tag(die) == DW_TAG_structure_type) return TRUE; if (dwarf_info.cmd != DWARF_INFO_GET_MEMBER_OFFSET_1ST_UNION @@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ * Descend into anonymous members and search for member * there. */ - if (!name) { + if ((!name) || (strcmp(name, dwarf_info.member_name) != 0)) { if (!get_die_type(walker, &die_type)) continue; if (is_anonymous_container(&die_type)) This is not a patch but just a description of what I modified for a test. The underlying question is why only the anonymous unions are used and not the ones with a name. With kind regards Norbert Norbert Trapp PDG ES&S SWE OS 6 FUJITSU Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH Domagkstra?e 28, D-80807 M?nchen, Germany E-mail: Norbert.Trapp at ts.fujitsu.com Web: ts.fujitsu.com Company details: ts.fujitsu.com/imprint > -----Original Message----- > From: Atsushi Kumagai [mailto:kumagai-atsushi at mxc.nes.nec.co.jp] > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 7:01 AM > To: Trapp, Norbert; petr at tesarici.cz > Cc: kexec at lists.infradead.org > Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 0/9] Support Xen versions up to xen-4.1 > ... > > Thank you for your report, that's good. > So, I'll review these patches for makedumpfile-1.5.1. > > > Thanks > Atsushi Kumagai