Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:50:27 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: x86: Add the "print code before the trapping instruction" feature to 64 bit |
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* Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Subject: x86: Add the "print code before the trapping instruction" feature to 64 bit > > From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> > > > > The 32 bit x86 tree has a very useful feature that prints the Code: > > line for the code even before the trapping instrution (and the start > > of the trapping instruction is then denoted with a <>). > > Unfortunately, the 64 bit x86 tree does not yet have this feature, > > making diagnosing backtraces harder than needed. > > > > This patch adds this feature in the same was as the 32 bit tree has > > (including the same kernel boot parameter), and including a bugfix > > to make the code use probe_kernel_address() rarther than a buggy > > (deadlocking) __get_user. > > > > If this get accepted I can stop ignoring x86_64 oops reports...
yep - all of Arjan's patches are in x86.git. (right now with a merge target of v2.6.25)
Ingo
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