Getting the error message "crash: seek error: kernel virtual address: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX type: "cpu_possible_mask", while opening an incomplete vmcore in "crash utility".

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Issue

  • Getting the error message "crash: seek error: kernel virtual address: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX type: "cpu_possible_mask", while opening an incomplete vmcore in "crash utility".
$ crash vmcore-incomplete usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64/vmlinux
<snip>
crash: seek error: kernel virtual address: ffffffff81613a00  type: "cpu_possible_mask"
  • --minimal option works, however, fails to even gather ** Kernel Ring Buffer log**.
$ crash --minimal vmcore-incomplete usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64/vmlinux
<snip>
crash> log
log: seek error: kernel virtual address: ffffffff81a37208  type: "log_buf_len"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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