Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Aug 2008 22:11:06 +0200 | From | Bernhard Walle <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Merkey's Kernel Debugger |
| |
* Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> [2008-08-07 22:09]: > > On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 10:07:37PM +0200, Bernhard Walle wrote: > > * Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> [2008-08-07 22:06]: > > > > > > > To merge KDB or any other RAS tools, you need to deal with kdump. Kdump > > > > hijack panic() before the die calling chain. For KDB or a RAS tool to > > > > > > Imho kdump should just be fixed to use die chains. > > > > Well, we had that discussion several times. I'm not against it > > (instead, I would like it), but I don't think that repeating the > > discussion over and over does help ... > > Just needs some code?
No, it was rejected with the argument that in panic case, as less code as possible should be executed before kexec'ing the panic kernel.
See also: http://kerneltrap.org/node/14050 (for example)
Bernhard -- Bernhard Walle, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Architecture Development
| |