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authorChuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>2007-02-13 13:26:25 +0100
committerAndi Kleen <andi@basil.nowhere.org>2007-02-13 13:26:25 +0100
commit86c418374223be3f328b5522545196db02c8ceda (patch)
treead37553ac8f06c112943c3938cc66247c8cc7432
parent8469adde5932f2879688fd5f183a6e9dadbf7b9f (diff)
[PATCH] i386: add option to show more code in oops reports
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>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt5
-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/traps.c20
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 733a736bc6c..22b19962a1a 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -364,6 +364,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
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
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c b/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
index 4ec21037a36..af0d3f70a81 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ asmlinkage void spurious_interrupt_bug(void);
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.");
@@ -1192,3 +1194,13 @@ 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);