[uml-devel] [PATCH 7/7] UML - Improve SIGBUS diagnostics

[Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>]

UML can get a SIGBUS anywhere if the tmpfs mount being used for its
memory runs out of space.  This patch adds a printk before the panic
to provide a clue as to what likely went wrong.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>

Index: linux-2.6.17/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.17.orig/arch/um/kernel/trap.c	2006-07-12 10:47:56.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.17/arch/um/kernel/trap.c	2006-07-13 16:27:40.000000000 -0400
@@ -227,9 +227,16 @@ void bad_segv(struct faultinfo fi, unsig
 
 void relay_signal(int sig, union uml_pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	if(arch_handle_signal(sig, regs)) return;
-	if(!UPT_IS_USER(regs))
+	if(arch_handle_signal(sig, regs))
+		return;
+
+	if(!UPT_IS_USER(regs)){
+		if(sig == SIGBUS)
+			printk("Bus error - the /dev/shm or /tmp mount likely "
+			       "just ran out of space\n");
 		panic("Kernel mode signal %d", sig);
+	}
+
         current->thread.arch.faultinfo = *UPT_FAULTINFO(regs);
 	force_sig(sig, current);
 }


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