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From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
To: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: akpm <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, ak@suse.de
Subject: [PATCH] doc/oops-tracing: add Code: decode info
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:51:08 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070621225108.bb69a93d.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> (raw)

From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>

Add info that the Code: bytes line contains <xy> or (wxyz) in some
architecture oops reports and what that means.

Add URL for a script by Andi Kleen that reads the Code: line from an Oops
report file and generates assembly code from the hex bytes.
(This script does not handle Code: lines that contain <xy> or (wxyz)
markings.)

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
---
 Documentation/oops-tracing.txt |   15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

--- linux-2.6.22-rc5.orig/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc5/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
@@ -86,6 +86,21 @@ stuff are the values reported by the Oop
 and do a replace of spaces to "\x" - that's what I do, as I'm too lazy 
 to write a program to automate this all).
 
+Alternatively, you can use the shell script from
+<ftp://ftp.firstfloor.org/pub/ak/shell/decodecode>.  Usage is:
+decodecode <oops.txt
+
+The hex bytes that follow "Code:" may (in some architectures) have a series
+of bytes that precede the current instruction pointer as well as bytes at and
+following the current instruction pointer.  In some cases, one instruction
+byte or word is surrounded by <> or (), as in "<86>" or "(f00d)".  These
+<> or () markings indicate the current instruction pointer.  Example from
+i386, split into multiple lines for readability:
+
+Code: f9 0f 8d f9 00 00 00 8d 42 0c e8 dd 26 11 c7 a1 60 ea 2b f9 8b 50 08 a1
+64 ea 2b f9 8d 34 82 8b 1e 85 db 74 6d 8b 15 60 ea 2b f9 <8b> 43 04 39 42 54
+7e 04 40 89 42 54 8b 43 04 3b 05 00 f6 52 c0
+
 Finally, if you want to see where the code comes from, you can do
 
 	cd /usr/src/linux

             reply	other threads:[~2007-06-22  5:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-22  5:51 Randy Dunlap [this message]
2007-06-22 14:26 ` [PATCH] doc/oops-tracing: add Code: decode info Andi Kleen
2007-06-22 16:44   ` [PATCH v2] " Randy Dunlap
2007-06-22 17:23     ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-22 18:25       ` Randy Dunlap
2007-06-22 21:29         ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-22 20:28       ` [PATCH v3] " Randy Dunlap
2007-06-23  8:34         ` NAK (bashizm in the /bin/sh script): " Oleg Verych
2007-06-23 11:00           ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-23 11:09             ` Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
2007-06-23 13:17               ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-23 13:26                 ` Willy Tarreau
2007-06-23 13:51                   ` [OT]Re: " Oleg Verych
2007-06-23 13:47                 ` Björn Steinbrink
2007-06-23 14:24                 ` Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
2007-06-23 14:32                 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-23 14:34                   ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-23 14:48                     ` Alan Cox
2007-06-23 15:35                   ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-23 14:38                 ` Sean
2007-06-23 15:23                 ` Oleg Verych
2007-06-23 17:43           ` Randy Dunlap
2007-06-23 17:56             ` Andrew Morton
2007-06-23 20:54               ` Adrian Bunk
2007-06-23 21:04                 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-06-23 20:24             ` Matthieu CASTET
2007-06-26 10:16               ` DervishD
2007-06-26 10:24                 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2007-06-26 15:33                   ` DervishD
2007-06-26 16:04                     ` Randy Dunlap
2007-06-26 17:03                       ` DervishD
2007-06-26 10:50             ` Arne Georg Gleditsch
2007-06-26 15:36               ` DervishD
2007-06-26 17:19               ` Randy Dunlap
2007-06-26 17:25                 ` Julio M. Merino Vidal
2007-06-26 17:56                   ` Randy Dunlap
2007-06-28  7:58                     ` Arne Georg Gleditsch

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