-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hello Kumagai-san, Le 19/11/2015 08:30, Atsushi Kumagai a ?crit : > Hello Louis, > >>>>> o Support new kernels - The supported kernel is updated to 4.1 in >>>>> this version. At first I'm going to extend the supported version to >>>>> 4.2, but I found an issue that makedumpfile seems to exclude >>>>> necessary pages by mistake on linux 4.2. When crash-7.1.3 reads >>>>> that filtered dump file, the following message is shown. >>>>> >>>>> crash: page excluded: kernel virtual address: f3fe0000 type: >>>>> "fill_task_struct" >>>>> >>>>> This will be fixed in the next version. >>>> >>>> Have you fixed the 4.2 kernel issue already or you intend to work on >>>> it in the future ? >>> >>> I haven't done anything yet, I was going to work from now. >>> >>>> Both Debian and Ubuntu run 4.2 kernel so if waiting for a fix is >>>> acceptable I would rather bring in a 1.5.9 + patch version. >>> >>> So it will be helpful if you can do it. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, Atsushi Kumagai >>> >> >> That is perfect. Just let me know once you have identified a fix and I >> will include it in the new package. > > I confirmed that there is no problem in makedumpfile, so you don't need to > update your makedumpfile packages. > > That was a crash side issue and the problem is still under discussion. The > warning I reported first is going to be solved in the next crash version, > but "struct" and "task" commands with task_struct (or some corresponding > fields) can fail if a dumpfile of linux 4.2 is filtered. > > You should see this thread for more details: > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/crash-utility/2015-November/msg00021.html > > > Thanks, Atsushi Kumagai > As I understand it, 1.5.9 will work fine on 4.2 kernels. But as the released source stand, 1.5.9 only supports up to 4.1. Should I simply go ahead and "manually" add support statement for 4.2 (in README & makedumpfile.h) or you prefer to change it in your git tree ? Kind regards, ...Louis - -- Louis Bouchard Software engineer, Cloud & Sustaining eng. Canonical Ltd Ubuntu developer Debian Maintainer GPG : 429D 7A3B DD05 B6F8 AF63 B9C4 8B3D 867C 823E 7A61 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJWTvR9AAoJEFZStL2qfwOthLEP/A042ORfYD6vfKTM7WWjW5Yh upEkZQKms7I2HzGGWhC1x1TtJAmvWOK8G7Vou+ULpKMjH8byRMivP7ioTSqtw24J aTiwLiC+2K2QleasjeYtY5pY3OOyhIsd7XOIxfcvuPa46ssmsGevnq6ZFB06s5nx HrkfYQRuT6uLQRqpem61N8gykngABJ25b7REGYhjsSl0OZNwz1YBlpHtQqgEXtm2 Cr17q2yTyV8t05LgQ35JMEoIRbgw4bKobMhV2yP0HnZjHyXVoeEY4VhBwU9Aor4A laycOk5u0bShqEIoeweBSdW+2qMld2kM/y3uGABOpByZgQSmNVtmBzXaMPPHELRd XtghNxOPvRLa5ukw6ebBI+fRMuxxd6K/OpmEk2p2fVlfBxBwFHQSQy+lp9WBKF/r ZDPiIXq1xYlNS5eGQcAXsT+48jaR656rxkuEv5RQoNNMv/KVS2l0KtE10umfTjJY 72A2g240gRzSIQzBwUaheKC/FDBRjL2NETTNvnU3iGWMdctAsKd3kck5CKIooPX5 CUVeMndqEenfWMrOjLGsfWJpwW+vHMI0Q0wGUn/RMk733r34rZYHN3m86Ph2cRAh RLQYONyDQGp1ig4KKmTwkOgKIoR7vbeWqbOeg3jMaO8VNDJXUmRQYEGfzf3bamcK g0txtgExdvXsvgoeAHri =Dv4d -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
