Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:14:30 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] WTF is VLI? |
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Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> wrote: > > What is this "VLI" that 2.6.9 started putting after the taint string > in i386 oopses? Vick Library Index? Vineyard Leadership Institute? > Shall we just remove it? >
It's a magic kaos cookie:
ksymoops handles up to 64 code bytes so dump eip-43:eip+20 with the eip byte enclosed in <>. Add the string 'VLI ' (variable length instructions) just before the taint output, ksymoops 2.4.8 will look for 'VLI ' on the 'EIP:' line and split the code line into two chunks.
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The VLI indicator tells ksymoops the dump has variable length instructions so ksymoops splits the code into two lines at the eip byte. Without the VLI indicator or using ksymoops < 2.4.9, ksymoops decodes the whole line in one go.
I think the rationale is mainly so that new ksymoopses won't make a mess of old oops records.
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