Re: Question about spinlock in linux kernel

[Erik Mouw]

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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