Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:25:01 +0100 (MET) | From | Szakacsits Szabolcs <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.63 accesses below %esp (was: Re: ntfs OOPS (2.5.63)) |
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On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > > Not quite what you describe, but the in-kernel-config (ikconfig) patch by > me & some HP folks saves a "built-with" string along with the .config file > (as a CONFIG option, of course).
From a bit different point of view and in general this is much better.
> | BTW, if possible having the Code both before and after when a fault > | happens could also help a lot in the future. > > Do you just mean more opcode decoding?
The Code part of the Oops shows what's after EIP (i386). It's also important (if not more) what's before. I fail to see the difficulties to add this feature (or was it dropped?), ksymoops should handle it.
Real world example: I've spent 2 days trying to find a kernel configuration that both builds and works (ordinary hardware and I'm using Linux for 8 years) then 3 days waiting for data I asked for. If the above info was in Oops it could be told immediately with very high probability by somebody who knew already about this compiler bug.
Szaka
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