X-Git-Url: https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2FBUG-HUNTING;h=65022a87bf17902f9e04fe5ecff611a41ffaf4d8;hb=b74d4eb2fea52b6e29852fd1ac3d5dc71b56ccc5;hp=6c816751b8686394d8cbdbd1fc639154d7f5b7ac;hpb=f5bb3a5e9dcdb8435471562b6cada89525cf4df1;p=pandora-kernel.git diff --git a/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING b/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING index 6c816751b868..65022a87bf17 100644 --- a/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING +++ b/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING @@ -214,6 +214,23 @@ And recompile the kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO enabled: gdb vmlinux (gdb) p vt_ioctl (gdb) l *(0x
+ 0xda8) +or, as one command + (gdb) l *(vt_ioctl + 0xda8) + +If you have a call trace, such as :- +>Call Trace: +> [] :jbd:log_wait_commit+0xa3/0xf5 +> [] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e +> [] :jbd:journal_stop+0x1be/0x1ee +> ... +this shows the problem in the :jbd: module. You can load that module in gdb +and list the relevant code. + gdb fs/jbd/jbd.ko + (gdb) p log_wait_commit + (gdb) l *(0x
+ 0xa3) +or + (gdb) l *(log_wait_commit + 0xa3) + Another very useful option of the Kernel Hacking section in menuconfig is Debug memory allocations. This will help you see whether data has been