Hi...
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 7:23 PM, jasjit singh <singh.jasjit@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> My question is how I can decipher the constant values that are added to
> (perhaps) function pointers.
> e.g 412 in {chrdev_open+412}.
that's...IIRC.... the offset from the beginning of function.
> Can these figures be actually helpful in getting what exactly caused kernel
> to panic ?
yes, just disassemble your vmlinux file...
> And I am not a hardware specialist. Can I use the values of stack and
> various CPU registers to my help ? If yes, then how ?
stack represent the condition of your local variables and passed
parameters, whileCPU registers.....it depends on currently executed op
regards
Mulyadi.
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