Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Mon, 3 Jul 2006 13:54:19 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.17-mm6 |
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On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 21:36:55 +0100 Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Monday 03 July 2006 21:17, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 20:56:28 +0100 > > > > Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > > > On Monday 03 July 2006 20:39, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 20:27:21 +0100 > > > > > > > > Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > > > > > On Monday 03 July 2006 11:03, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.1 > > > > > >7/2. 6.17 -mm6/ > > > > > > > > > > Doesn't boot reliably as an x86-64 kernel on my X2 system, 3/4 times > > > > > it oopses horribly. Is there some way to supress an oops flood so I > > > > > can get a decent picture of it with vga=extended? Right now I get two > > > > > useless oopses after the first (probably useful) one. > > > > > > > > Try adding `pause_on_oops=100000' to the kernel boot command line. > > > > > > (Trimmed Nathan) > > > > > > Helped somewhat, but I'm still missing a bit at the top. > > > > > > http://devzero.co.uk/~alistair/oops-20060703/ > > > > That is irritating. This should get us more info: > > Indeed, thanks. > > Try the same URL again, I've uploaded 3,4,5 from a couple of reboots. I still > think I'm missing something at the top, but 3 is the earliest I could snap. >
Getting better.
It would kinda help if pause_on_oops() was actually implemented on x86_64..
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c~x86_64-wire-up-oops_enter-oops_exit +++ a/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c @@ -551,11 +551,14 @@ void __kprobes __die(const char * str, s void die(const char * str, struct pt_regs * regs, long err) { - unsigned long flags = oops_begin(); + unsigned long flags; + oops_enter(); + flags = oops_begin(); handle_BUG(regs); __die(str, regs, err); oops_end(flags); + oops_exit(); do_exit(SIGSEGV); } _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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