Messages in this thread | | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: [patch] i386: show_registers(): try harder to print failing code | Date | Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:33:41 +1000 |
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"Jesper Juhl" (on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:12:32 +0200) wrote: >On 18/07/06, Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> wrote: >> show_registers() tries to dump failing code starting 43 bytes >> before the offending instruction, but this address can be bad, >> for example in a device driver where the failing instruction is >> less than 43 bytes from the start of the driver's code. When that >> happens, try to dump code starting at the failing instruction >> instead of printing no code at all. >> >Shouldn't the kernel be printing some info noting that this fallback >is in use then? Or will that be completely obvious and I'm just not >able to see that?
The instruction at the EIP is bracketed, which makes it obvious if you got any preceding instructions or not.
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