crash fails to load with 4.4+ kernels

Bug #1555244 reported by Louis Bouchard
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crash (Ubuntu)
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Louis Bouchard

Bug Description

When loading a crash dump on 4.4+ kernel, crash fails to load with the following msg :

root@DEVAC02:/var/crash/201603092003# crash /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-4.4.0-11-generic dump.201603092003

crash 7.1.4
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please wait... (gathering module symbol data)
crash: invalid structure member offset: module_core_size
       FILE: kernel.c LINE: 3422 FUNCTION: module_init()

[/usr/bin/crash] error trace: 2aa19f62a78 => 2aa19fe1de6 => 2aa1a026e2c => 2aa1a026d88

This has been reported upstream here :

https://www.redhat.com/archives/crash-utility/2016-January/msg00031.html

Crash version on Xenial should be upgraded to crash-7.1.5

Tags: s390x
tags: added: s390x
Louis Bouchard (louis)
Changed in crash (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Louis Bouchard (louis-bouchard)
Revision history for this message
Louis Bouchard (louis) wrote :
Louis Bouchard (louis)
Changed in crash (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package crash - 7.1.4-1ubuntu2

---------------
crash (7.1.4-1ubuntu2) xenial; urgency=medium

  * d/p/0001-Fix-for-the-changes-made-to-the-kernel-module-struct.patch:
    Fix launch failure on kernel newer than 4.4 (LP: #1555244)

 -- Louis Bouchard <email address hidden> Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:38:01 +0100

Changed in crash (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Louis Bouchard (louis)
Changed in crash (Ubuntu):
assignee: Louis Bouchard (louis-bouchard) → nobody
Changed in crash (Ubuntu Trusty):
assignee: nobody → Louis Bouchard (louis-bouchard)
status: New → Confirmed
Frank Heimes (fheimes)
Changed in crash (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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