From 61e5c455516622cabf4a01c1643ca2175ef9510c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lianbo Jiang Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:46:48 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 38/89] Fix for the invalid linux_banner pointer issue Currently, crash may fail with the following error: # ./crash -s vmlinux vmcore WARNING: invalid linux_banner pointer: 65762078756e694c crash: vmlinux and vmcore do not match! The reason is that the type of the symbol in the data segment may be defined as 'D' or 'd'. The crash only handled the type 'D', but it didn't deal with the type 'd'. For example: # nm vmlinux | grep linux_banner ffffffff827cfa80 d linux_banner It has been observed that a vmlinux compiled by clang has this type. Let's add the type 'd' recognition to solve such issue. Signed-off-by: Lianbo Jiang --- kernel.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c index bd0bf8c6cf03..2a1c1c391414 100644 --- a/kernel.c +++ b/kernel.c @@ -1060,6 +1060,7 @@ verify_version(void) if (!(sp = symbol_search("linux_banner"))) error(FATAL, "linux_banner symbol does not exist?\n"); else if ((sp->type == 'R') || (sp->type == 'r') || + (THIS_KERNEL_VERSION >= LINUX(2,6,11) && (sp->type == 'D' || sp->type == 'd')) || (machine_type("ARM") && sp->type == 'T') || (machine_type("ARM64"))) linux_banner = symbol_value("linux_banner"); -- 2.37.1