> Take "8709ed20 writeback_inodes+0xb4/0x160" for example, what does > 0x160, the last hex mean? The value of parameter? first-number i.e 0xb4 means that EIP was as many bytes into the 'writeback_inodes' function when this happened. second-number i.e 0x160 mean that the function is '0x160' bytes long. anupam -- In the beginning was the lambda, and the lambda was with Emacs, and Emacs was the lambda.