Bug#593760: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: gdb /bin/true crashes the system if oprofile is in use under xen

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:16:02PM +0300, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.32-18
> Severity: normal
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1) boot debian under xen
> 2) sudo aptitude install oprofile gdb
> 3) sudo opcontrol --init --no-vmlinux
> 4) sudo opcontrol --start
> 5) gdb /bin/true
> 6) type "break main" and enter
> 7) type "y" and enter
> 8) type "run" and enter
> 
> Expected results:
> 6) /bin/true runs under gdb and exits
> 
> Actual results:
> 6) the kernel crashes with

I think we may have to deprecate or disable oprofile.  As an alternative
you can use perf, which is actively developed and much easier to use.

Does this also happen under a non-Xen kernel?  (I can check myself, but
not right at this moment.)

Ben.

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