Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261275AbUK0RVp (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Nov 2004 12:21:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261272AbUK0RVo (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Nov 2004 12:21:44 -0500 Received: from mail.linicks.net ([217.204.244.146]:27396 "EHLO linux233.linicks.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261285AbUK0RV2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Nov 2004 12:21:28 -0500 From: Nick Warne To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kswapd0 oops -> debug information Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:21:21 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <200411271311.25997.nick@linicks.net> <41A8B2EF.5090608@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <41A8B2EF.5090608@osdl.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200411271721.21847.nick@linicks.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1012 Lines: 37 On Saturday 27 November 2004 17:01, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > kernel version? Heh. My great debug attempt, eh? kernel 2.6.9 > .config file? > full oops message, with stack backtrace? > The stack backtrace could tell us who a bad caller is. > It can just be a caller's problem, not a bug in (this) > one isolated function. http://linicks.net/kdebug/ > Did you read/check linux/REPORTING-BUGS ? Yes, but wanted to try and learn myself on what was going on, rather than push the onus onto other people. The book I have re the make /dir/file.s states that it will produce assembler with _line_ numbers to corresponding C code. That is where I got lost, as it doesn't. Thanks, Nick. -- "When you're chewing on life's gristle, Don't grumble, Give a whistle..." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/