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Re: thread register state information invalid in core files
On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 05:20:22PM +0200, Balazs Scheidler wrote:
> So it seems to be a kernel bug. Any hints where this was fixed or whether
> it was fixed at all?
Sorry, I've no idea. If it still occurs in current kernel.org kernels,
you may want to report it to the kernel bugzilla.
> > > The funny part that the segfault
> > > itself occurred in the PID number 31158 (not the main thread for sure),
> > > but gdb lists pid 31158 as the main thread with the main thread's stack.
> >
> > The kernel always dumps the faulting thread first.
>
> Sure, but it has the context of the main thread.
Oh, I think I misunderstood you. You've got the main thread's
registers, but the faulting thread's PID? I have no idea how that
could happen!
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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