Bug 141872 - crash crashes when loading a vmcore file from netdump.
Summary: crash crashes when loading a vmcore file from netdump.
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Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: crash
Version: 3
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dave Anderson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-12-04 13:47 UTC by Mark Levitt
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-11-05 16:11:17 UTC
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Description Mark Levitt 2004-12-04 13:47:45 UTC
Description of problem:
crash crashes trying to load a netdumped vmcore file.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
crash-3.8-5

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install kernel-debuginfo package
2. Obtain netdump vmcore file (use the netdump crash.o module)
3. run  crash /boot/System.map-2.6.9-1.681_FC3
/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/2.6.9-1.681_FC3/vmlinux
/misc/downloads/crashdump/vmcore
  
Actual results:
crash 3.8-5
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please wait... (gathering task table data)
crash: using an invalid structure member offset

[/usr/bin/crash] error trace: 8081b01 => 80b2684 => 80b42d5 => 80f9083
/usr/bin/nm: /usr/bin/crash: no symbols
/usr/bin/nm: /usr/bin/crash: no symbols
/usr/bin/nm: /usr/bin/crash: no symbols
/usr/bin/nm: /usr/bin/crash: no symbols



Expected results:
crash starts and reads in the vmcore file.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Dave Anderson 2004-12-06 16:22:29 UTC
Right, the FC3 package needs updating...

In the meantime, you can always get the latest version of
crash from:

  http://people.redhat.com/anderson

where you can find both src.rpm and a tar.gz source packages 
(whichever you prefer) that you can build on your host system.

Using the src.rpm package, just do an "rpm -ivh crash-3.10-1.src.rpm",
go to the /usr/src/redhat/SPECS (or as directed by your .rpmmacros
redirect), and do a "rpmbuild -bb crash.spec".  Then either install
the resultant binary RPM, or just copy the crash executable from the
top-level ../SOURCES/crash-3.10-1 directory.

Alternatively, do a "tar xvzf crash-3.10-1.tar.gz", cd into the
crash-3.10-1 directory, and just type "make".  The crash executable
will end up in that top-level directory.



Comment 2 Matthew Miller 2006-07-10 20:20:13 UTC
Fedora Core 3 is now maintained by the Fedora Legacy project for security
updates only. If this problem is a security issue, please reopen and
reassign to the Fedora Legacy product. If it is not a security issue and
hasn't been resolved in the current FC5 updates or in the FC6 test
release, reopen and change the version to match.

Thank you!


Comment 3 John Thacker 2006-11-05 16:11:17 UTC
Closing per lack of response to previous request for information.
This bug was originally filed against a much earlier version of Fedora
Core, and significant changes have taken place since the last version
for which this bug is confirmed.

Note that FC3 and FC4 are supported by Fedora Legacy for security
fixes only.  Please install a still supported version and retest.  If
it still occurs on FC5 or FC6, please reopen and assign to the correct
version.  Otherwise, if this a security issue, please change the
product to Fedora Legacy.  Thanks, and we are sorry that we did not
get to this bug earlier.


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