On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 05:19:10PM +0530, Shan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted to test makedumpfile utility in my system and installed
> makedumpfile-1.1.4-3.x86_64.rpm (distribution Open SuSE).
> The makedumpfile version is
> makedumpfile: version 1.1.4 (released on 08 June 2007)
>
> First I moved to the dump directory (as root) and executed the command
>
> > makedumpfile -c -d 31 -x
> /boot/vmlinux-2.6.16.21-0.8.uis.1-smpvmcore test_vmcoe
>
> I got the following error message
> get_debug_info: Can't create a handle for a new debug session.
>
> makedumpfile Failed.
>
> I looked into makedumpfile.c file and found the following part of the code
> in function get_debug_info() throws the error message.
>
> if (!(dwarfd = dwarf_begin_elf(elfd, DWARF_C_READ, NULL))) {
> ERRMSG("Can't create a handle for a new debug session.\n");
> goto out;
> }
>
> I also tried to look into the function dwarf_begin_elf function found in the
> following link
>
> http://www.koders.com/c/fid3470AEB14EE81F5C819D1D4AB40324F0E59E4556.aspx
>
> But could not understand much.
>
> Could anybody assist me to get the proper result?
>
> Thanks,
you need to install the debug version of the kernel that you are interested in.
if can be found in the corresponding kernel-debuginfo package for the kernel you
are interested in, as /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/<version>/vmlinux
Regards
Neil
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