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Documentation: add hint about call traces & module symbols to BUG-HUNTING

Here's a couple of small additions to BUG-HUNTING.

1. point out that you can list code in gdb with only one command
	(gdb) l *(<symbol> + offset)

2. give a very brief hint how to decode module symbols in call traces

Signed-off-by: Richard Kennedy <richard@rsk.demon.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Richard Kennedy 17 years ago
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@@ -214,6 +214,23 @@ And recompile the kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO enabled:
   gdb vmlinux
   gdb vmlinux
   (gdb) p vt_ioctl
   (gdb) p vt_ioctl
   (gdb) l *(0x<address of vt_ioctl> + 0xda8)
   (gdb) l *(0x<address of vt_ioctl> + 0xda8)
+or, as one command
+  (gdb) l *(vt_ioctl + 0xda8)
+
+If you have a call trace, such as :-
+>Call Trace:
+> [<ffffffff8802c8e9>] :jbd:log_wait_commit+0xa3/0xf5
+> [<ffffffff810482d9>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e
+> [<ffffffff8802770b>] :jbd:journal_stop+0x1be/0x1ee
+> ...
+this shows the problem in the :jbd: module. You can load that module in gdb
+and list the relevant code.
+  gdb fs/jbd/jbd.ko
+  (gdb) p log_wait_commit
+  (gdb) l *(0x<address> + 0xa3)
+or
+  (gdb) l *(log_wait_commit + 0xa3)
+
 
 
 Another very useful option of the Kernel Hacking section in menuconfig is
 Another very useful option of the Kernel Hacking section in menuconfig is
 Debug memory allocations. This will help you see whether data has been
 Debug memory allocations. This will help you see whether data has been