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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] ARM: mm: Provide better message when kernel fault
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On 2022/9/27 14:21, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> If there is a kernel fault, see do_kernel_fault(), we only print
> the generic "paging request" or "NULL pointer dereference" message
> which don't show read, write or excute information, let's provide
> better fault message for them.

Hi Russell, what's your option about this one, if no object,

I will send to ARM patch system, thanks,

> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
> ---
> v3: show the infos in die_kernel_fault()
> arch/arm/mm/fault.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
> index 46cccd6bf705..f8fe0ec64c23 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
> @@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ static void die_kernel_fault(const char *msg, struct mm_struct *mm,
> {
> bust_spinlocks(1);
> pr_alert("8<--- cut here ---\n");
> - pr_alert("Unable to handle kernel %s at virtual address %08lx\n",
> - msg, addr);
> + pr_alert("Unable to handle kernel %s at virtual address %08lx when %s\n",
> + msg, addr, fsr & FSR_LNX_PF ? "execute" :
> + fsr & FSR_WRITE ? "write" : "read");
>
> show_pte(KERN_ALERT, mm, addr);
> die("Oops", regs, fsr);

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