Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 03/12] dump_stack: Add vmlinux build ID to stack traces | From | Stephen Boyd <> | Date | Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:01:39 -0700 |
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Quoting Andy Shevchenko (2021-03-24 04:22:58) > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 07:04:34PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: > > Add the running kernel's build ID[1] to the stacktrace information > > header. This makes it simpler for developers to locate the vmlinux with > > full debuginfo for a particular kernel stacktrace. Combined with > > scripts/decode_stracktrace.sh, a developer can download the correct > > vmlinux from a debuginfod[2] server and find the exact file and line > > number for the functions plus offsets in a stacktrace. > > > > This is especially useful for pstore crash debugging where the kernel > > crashes are recorded in the pstore logs and the recovery kernel is > > different or the debuginfo doesn't exist on the device due to space > > concerns (the data can be large and a security concern). The stacktrace > > can be analyzed after the crash by using the build ID to find the > > matching vmlinux and understand where in the function something went > > wrong. > > > > Example stacktrace from lkdtm: > > Can we drop the noise from the example and leave only important part(s)?
Do you mean cut after the CPU line?
> > > WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 3255 at drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c:83 lkdtm_WARNING+0x28/0x30 [lkdtm] > > Modules linked in: lkdtm rfcomm algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg xt_cgroup uinput xt_MASQUERADE > > CPU: 4 PID: 3255 Comm: bash Not tainted 5.11 #3 aa23f7a1231c229de205662d5a9e0d4c580f19a1
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