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Re: Analyzing a 4.0/amd64 panic



On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 05:25:21PM +0100, Edgar Fu? wrote:
> I'm trying to analyze a panic on our 4.0/amd64 file server.
> 
> Any hints how I can analyze this further?

The kernel is compiled with frame pointers, so the actual
call sequence can be found by following those back.
The frame pointers point to each other and the next 8 bytes are
the return address.

If that printf is actually in the call sequence, then identifying it
is probably useful info!

        David

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