crash utility: add "percpu" command
an invention by ptesarik
Updated about 4 years ago. No love.

Crash has some support for per-cpu variables, but it really only works for static variables. My idea is that you should be able to take a per-cpu pointer and see the formatted data. The syntax should allow to specify a CPU or do it for all:

crash&gt; percpu $CPU  <address>
crash&gt; percpu -a  <address>

It should also be usable with static variables:

crash&gt; percpu -a

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Activity

  • over 11 years ago: ptesarik added keyword "crash" to this project.
  • over 11 years ago: ptesarik added keyword "coredump" to this project.
  • over 11 years ago: ptesarik started this project.
  • over 11 years ago: ptesarik originated this project.


    • Comments

    • ptesarik
      over 11 years ago by ptesarik | Reply

      This is finished. Upstream doesn't like adding new commands, so it may be re-implemented as options to existing commands instead.

    • ptesarik
      over 7 years ago by ptesarik | Reply

      Accepted as address syntax enhancement (denoted with a ':').

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