Timer processing + loop:
--------------------------

llm07:/home/murali/dtt_tools # ./ttutils set -p TIMERADD -t loop -c 100

llm07:/proc # ls -l vmcore
-r--------  1 root root 5233509408 Mar 31 02:43 vmcore
llm07:/proc # gdb /home/murali/linux-2.6.16/vmlinux-1M vmcore
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#0  0xffffffff80251297 in crash_kexec (regs=0x0) at kexec.h:64
64      kexec.h: No such file or directory.
        in kexec.h
(gdb) info threads
  2 process 2661  acquire_console_sem () at kernel/printk.c:714
* 1 process 10287  0xffffffff80251297 in crash_kexec (regs=0x0) at kexec.h:64
(gdb) bt
#0  0xffffffff80251297 in crash_kexec (regs=0x0) at kexec.h:64
#1  0xffffffff80231162 in panic (fmt=0xffffffff80533f8e "Aiee, killing interrupt handler!")
    at kernel/panic.c:89
#2  0xffffffff80234721 in do_exit (code=Variable "code" is not available.
) at kernel/exit.c:855
#3  0xffffffff80502ba1 in die_nmi (str=Variable "str" is not available.
) at arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c:463
#4  0xffffffff8050303b in nmi_watchdog_tick (regs=Variable "regs" is not available.
) at arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c:495
#5  0xffffffff805029f6 in default_do_nmi (regs=Variable "regs" is not available.
) at arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c:647
#6  0xffffffff80502f33 in do_nmi (regs=Variable "regs" is not available.
) at arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c:531
#7  0xffffffff805025c3 in nmi () at system.h:182
#8  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#9  0x0000023fec32f43c in ?? ()
#10 0xffff81000c004ec0 in ?? ()
#11 0xffff8100ba61cdb0 in ?? ()
#12 0xffff81000c004ec0 in ?? ()
#13 0xffff81000c004ec0 in ?? ()
#14 0xffff8100b01b5d98 in ?? ()
#15 0x00007fff6085c110 in ?? ()
#16 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#17 0xffffffff805aaaa8 in log_wait ()
#18 0x000000000000000d in ?? ()
#19 0xffffffff805aaaa8 in log_wait ()
#20 0xffffffff805aaaa8 in log_wait ()
#21 0x0000000000000046 in ?? ()
#22 0xffffffff805aaaa0 in console_printk ()
#23 0xffffffffffffffff in ?? ()
#24 0xffffffff80472d74 in cpoint_default_exit (hook=Variable "hook" is not available.
) at drivers/dtt/khdtt.c:316
#25 0x0000000000000010 in ?? ()
#26 0x0000000000000092 in ?? ()
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#27 0xffff8100b01b5e78 in ?? ()
#28 0x0000000000000018 in ?? ()
#29 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#30 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#31 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#32 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#33 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#34 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#35 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#36 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#37 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#38 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

(gdb) info registers
rax            0x0      0
rbx            0xffff8100bbf8f800       -139634823071744
rcx            0x40000  262144
rdx            0x6965   26981
rsi            0x246    582
rdi            0x0      0
rbp            0xffff8100b176e190       0xffff8100b176e190
rsp            0xffffffff806a7c88       0xffffffff806a7c88
r8             0x2      2
r9             0x0      0
r10            0x0      0
r11            0xffffffff806c4ea1       -2140385631
r12            0xffffffff806a7f58       -2140504232
r13            0xb      11
r14            0x23fec32f43c    2473568957500
r15            0x0      0
rip            0xffffffff80251297       0xffffffff80251297 <crash_kexec+185>
eflags         0x246    582
cs             0x10     16
ss             0x18     24
ds             0x0      0
es             0x0      0
fs             0x0      0
gs             0x0      0