Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Jun 2007 22:23:03 +0200 | From | Erik Mouw <> | Subject | Re: Question about spinlock in linux kernel |
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On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 12:40:58AM +0800, jidong xiao wrote: > I found there is such a kernel symbol ".text.lock.spinlock", > for example, > # cat /proc/kallsyms | grep spinlock > ffffffff8011e440 T bust_spinlocks > ffffffff802d00fc t .text.lock.spinlock > ffffffff8832ae20 d state_spinlock [nfs] > but I can not find that who exported such a symbol?I am wondering > where is this kernel originated from? I mean, if I faced any oops, > which shows RIP is for example: > RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8031a4d9>] <ffffffff8031a4d9>{.text.lock.spinlock+0} > then how can i locate the oops?it seems that .text.lock.spinlock is > neither a function name, nor a variable name, so i am confused, who > can help me out of here? Any advises is really really appreciated!
It's the name of the ELF section that holds the spinlocks. I wouldn't know how you could get the name of a particular spinlock from there.
Erik
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