Coredump files on Solaris are generated in the directory:
/var/core/
Once in that directory, find your file core. Then run the following commands:
$ pstackcore 'core_host_progname_1001_1_1256228346_13885' of 13885: /opt/coolstack/bin/perl -w /export/home/user/bin/progname ----------------- lwp# 1 / thread# 1 -------------------- fede5d77 lwp_yield (fed32a00) + 7 feddfa66 mutex_unlock (fee5c5d0) + 133 fed846ce malloc (15, 8be8ed0, 8dcf888, 80cf342) + 3e 080c20ac Perl_safesysmalloc () + 2c ----------------- lwp# 2 / thread# 2 -------------------- fede5ceb __lwp_park (87a93c8, 87a9398, 0) + b fede04f0 cond_wait_queue (87a93c8, 87a9398, 0) + 5e fede09c4 _cond_wait (87a93c8, 87a9398) + 64 fede0a06 cond_wait (87a93c8, 87a9398) + 21 fede0a3f pthread_cond_wait (87a93c8, 87a9398, 1, fe7a8108) + 1b fe7a82a8 XS_threads__shared_cond_wait (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 1ac 4d580000 ???????? () ----------------- lwp# 3 / thread# 3 -------------------- feabf697 add_collation (fe71bc28, feaf49b7, 1a, feaf49b7) + 54b feac939b cs_leave (fe71bca0, fe71bd28, 1a, 0, fe71b0c0, fefd261b) + 83 feada60d my_xml_leave (0, fe71b160, fe71b178, feada92b) + 141 feadac9a my_xml_parse (fe71bca0, 8dee0e8, 4755, 0, 0, 0) + 662 feac9ae7 my_parse_charset_xml (8dee0e8, 4755, feabf14c, 0, feffdd28, 4755) + 77 feabf7d5 my_read_charset_file (fe71bf88, fe71bf00, fe71bf50, feffb818, fe71bf14, fefce6f6) + dd feac01f2 get_charset_by_csname (8dd0a08, 20, 10, 0) + 16a feadcbab mysql_init_character_set (8b00598, 8d01a8b, c, 2) + 5f feaddcb5 mysql_real_connect (8b00598, 8af44a8, 89ab6f8, 89b28a0, 8afa190, cea) + 6cd fec24031 mysql_dr_connect () + 1add ----------------- lwp# 4 / thread# 4 -------------------- feabf697 add_collation (fe65cc28, feaf49b7, 1a, feaf49b7) + 54b feac939b cs_leave (fe65cca0, fe65cd28, 1a, 0, feaaed64, feffb104) + 83 feada60d my_xml_leave (0, fe65c160, fe65c178, feada92b) + 141 feadac9a my_xml_parse (fe65cca0, 8df2848, 4755, 0, 0, 0) + 662 feac9ae7 my_parse_charset_xml (8df2848, 4755, feabf14c, 0, fee5c5d0, 4755) + 77 feabf7d5 my_read_charset_file (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) + dd feac01f2 get_charset_by_csname (8dd0a18, 20, 10, 0) + 16a feadcbab mysql_init_character_set (8bfd4c0, 8d03a9b, c, 2) + 5f feaddcb5 mysql_real_connect (8bfd4c0, 8bf1bf8, 8bf2380, 8bf23c8, 8bf2440, cea) + 6cd fec24031 mysql_dr_connect () + 1add
The command above shows the last state of the stack for each thread (lwp) of the program.
That isn't enough we need to know in each thread the problem have occurred. There is another command that lets us know that, the "pflags" command.
$ pflagscore 'core_host_progname_1001_1_1256228346_13885' of 13885: /opt/coolstack/bin/perl -w /export/home/user/bin/progname data model = _ILP32 flags = MSACCT|MSFORK /1: flags = STOPPED yield() why = PR_SUSPENDED sigmask = 0xffbff8f7,0x0000fff7 /2: flags = STOPPED lwp_park(0x0,0x0,0x0) why = PR_SUSPENDED /3: flags = STOPPED why = PR_SUSPENDED lwppend = 0x00000400,0x00000000 /4: flags = 0 sigmask = 0xffffbefc,0x0000ffff cursig = SIGSEGV
Now we know know that thread 4 have received the SIGNAL "SIGSEGV" (Segmentation Fault).
So, the SIGSEGV was generated in Thread 4 when using a MySQL function "add_collation".
With that information isn't easy to know the reason of the coredump. Lets use another command, the "pmap".
The "pmap" command display information about the address space of a process, in this case the program that causes the coredump.
$ pmap| less core 'core_host_progname_1001_1_1256228346_13885' of 13885: /opt/coolstack/bin/perl -w /export/home/user/bin/progname 08042000 24K rw--- [ stack ] 08050000 1128K r-x-- /opt/coolstack/bin/perl 08179000 52K rwx-- /opt/coolstack/bin/perl 08186000 12752K rwx-- [ heap ] FE65A000 20K rw--- [ stack tid=4 ] FE660000 12K r-x-- /lib/nss_dns.so.1 FE673000 4K rw--- /lib/nss_dns.so.1 FE680000 24K r-x-- /lib/nss_files.so.1 FE696000 4K rw--- /lib/nss_files.so.1 FE6A0000 64K rwx-- FE6C0000 64K rwx-- FE719000 20K rw--- [ stack tid=3 ] FE75E000 4K rw--- [ stack tid=2 ] FE760000 64K rw--- FE780000 64K rw--- FE7A0000 44K r-x-- /opt/coolstack/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i86pc-solaris-thread-multi/auto/threads/shared/shared.so FE7BA000 8K rwx-- /opt/coolstack/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i86pc-solaris-thread-multi/auto/threads/shared/shared.so FE7C0000 8K r-x-- /opt/coolstack/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i86pc-solaris-thread-multi/auto/Cwd/Cwd.so FE7D1000 4K rwx-- /opt/coolstack/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i86pc-solaris-thread-multi/auto/Cwd/Cwd.so FE7E0000 64K rwx-- FE800000 40K r-x-- /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto_extra.so.0.9.7 FE81A000 4K rw--- /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto_extra.so.0.9.7 FE820000 36K r-x-- /usr/sfw/lib/libssl_extra.so.0.9.7 FE839000 4K rw--- /usr/sfw/lib/libssl_extra.so.0.9.7 FE840000 56K r-x-- /lib/libmd.so.1 FE85E000 4K rw--- /lib/libmd.so.1 FE860000 28K r-x-- /lib/libaio.so.1 FE877000 4K rw--- /lib/libaio.so.1 FE878000 4K rw--- /lib/libaio.so.1 FE880000 936K r-x-- /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 FE97A000 84K rw--- /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 FE98F000 8K rw--- /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 FE9A0000 200K r-x-- /usr/sfw/lib/libssl.so.0.9.7 FE9E2000 12K rw--- /usr/sfw/lib/libssl.so.0.9.7 FE9F0000 24K r-x-- /lib/libgen.so.1 FEA06000 4K rw--- /lib/libgen.so.1 FEA10000 216K r-x-- /lib/libresolv.so.2 FEA56000 8K rw--- /lib/libresolv.so.2 FEA60000 24K r-x-- /lib/librt.so.1 FEA76000 4K rw--- /lib/librt.so.1 FE878000 4K rw--- /lib/libaio.so.1 FE880000 936K r-x-- /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 FE97A000 84K rw--- /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 FE98F000 8K rw--- /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 FE9A0000 200K r-x-- /usr/sfw/lib/libssl.so.0.9.7 FE9E2000 12K rw--- /usr/sfw/lib/libssl.so.0.9.7 FE9F0000 24K r-x-- /lib/libgen.so.1 FEA06000 4K rw--- /lib/libgen.so.1 FEA10000 216K r-x-- /lib/libresolv.so.2 FEA56000 8K rw--- /lib/libresolv.so.2 FEA60000 24K r-x-- /lib/librt.so.1 FEA76000 4K rw--- /lib/librt.so.1 FEA80000 60K r-x-- /usr/lib/libz.so.1 FEA9E000 4K rwx-- /usr/lib/libz.so.1 FEAA0000 352K r-x-- /opt/coolstack/mysql_32bit/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.16.0.0 FEB00000 4K rwx-- FEB07000 1040K rwx-- /opt/coolstack/mysql_32bit/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.16.0.0 FEC0B000 4K rwx-- /opt/coolstack/mysql_32bit/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.16.0.0
Since the problem occurred in the invocation of a MySQL function, with the "pmap" command, I've detected that my Perl used a DBD:: mysql library which was linked with a 32-bit MySQL library. My OS is 64 bits, however that is not a problem since 32 Bits libmysqlclient_32_bits is compatible with 64 bits MySQL DB's.
Despite all efforts to detect the problem in the program that I was developing, it was found that the problem was in the instance of a 64 bits MySQL DB that was using 32 bits libraries.
