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SubjectRe: (reiserfs hang at boot) where is the kernel debugger?
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Keith Owens wrote:
> Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br> wrote:

> >Sysrq-T is broken on x86 ;((((((((
>
> show_task() calls thread_saved_pc() which is giving bad results.
> Getting the correct PC for blocked threads is easy,
>
> Index: 0-test9-pre9.3/include/asm-i386/processor.h
> --- 0-test9-pre9.3/include/asm-i386/processor.h Tue, 08 Aug 2000 16:14:08 +1000 kaos (linux-2.4/P/18_processor. 1.1.1.5 644)
> +++ 0-test9-pre9.3(w)/include/asm-i386/processor.h Wed, 04 Oct 2000 01:48:32 +1100 kaos (linux-2.4/P/18_processor. 1.1.1.5 644)
> @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ extern void forget_segments(void);
> * Return saved PC of a blocked thread.
> */
> extern inline unsigned long thread_saved_pc(struct thread_struct *t)
> {
> - return ((unsigned long *)t->esp)[3];
> + return (t->eip);
> }
>
> But it does not give you much. Thread esp and eip are only
> saved during switch_to(), at which point eip always points to
> schedule+0x42c.

Yup ;)

So this function will need to look at the call trace and
give the function that called schedule() ...

regards,

Rik
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-- Miguel de Icaza, UKUUG 2000

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