Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | [PATCH x86 for review III] [11/29] i386: add option to show more code in oops reports | Date | Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:51:31 +0100 (CET) |
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From: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
Sometimes developers need to see more object code in an oops report, e.g. when kernel may be corrupted at runtime.
Add the "code_bytes" option for this.
Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> ---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++ arch/i386/kernel/traps.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Index: linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt =================================================================== --- linux.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -364,6 +364,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT. Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } + code_bytes [IA32] How many bytes of object code to print in an + oops report. + Range: 0 - 8192 + Default: 64 + disable_8254_timer enable_8254_timer [IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ asmlinkage void spurious_interrupt_bug(v asmlinkage void machine_check(void); int kstack_depth_to_print = 24; +static unsigned int code_bytes = 64; ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(i386die_chain); int register_die_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb) @@ -325,7 +326,8 @@ void show_registers(struct pt_regs *regs */ if (in_kernel) { u8 *eip; - int code_bytes = 64; + unsigned int code_prologue = code_bytes * 43 / 64; + unsigned int code_len = code_bytes; unsigned char c; printk("\n" KERN_EMERG "Stack: "); @@ -333,14 +335,14 @@ void show_registers(struct pt_regs *regs printk(KERN_EMERG "Code: "); - eip = (u8 *)regs->eip - 43; + eip = (u8 *)regs->eip - code_prologue; if (eip < (u8 *)PAGE_OFFSET || probe_kernel_address(eip, c)) { /* try starting at EIP */ eip = (u8 *)regs->eip; - code_bytes = 32; + code_len = code_len - code_prologue + 1; } - for (i = 0; i < code_bytes; i++, eip++) { + for (i = 0; i < code_len; i++, eip++) { if (eip < (u8 *)PAGE_OFFSET || probe_kernel_address(eip, c)) { printk(" Bad EIP value."); @@ -1190,3 +1192,13 @@ static int __init kstack_setup(char *s) return 1; } __setup("kstack=", kstack_setup); + +static int __init code_bytes_setup(char *s) +{ + code_bytes = simple_strtoul(s, NULL, 0); + if (code_bytes > 8192) + code_bytes = 8192; + + return 1; +} +__setup("code_bytes=", code_bytes_setup); - 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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