Re: kswapd0 oops -> debug information

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>]

Nick Warne wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I keep getting this oops so randomly, that 'RIGHT, YOU BUGGER' I have 
> attempted to supply proper debug info - where I have got is what I learnt 
> today, so I am a bit stuck after finding the area of code.

kernel version?
.config file?
full oops message, with stack backtrace?
The stack backtrace could tell us who a bad caller is.
It can just be a caller's problem, not a bug in (this)
one isolated function.

Did you read/check linux/REPORTING-BUGS ?

> ksymoops provides:
> 
> 
>>>EIP; c0151239 <__iget+29/4c>   <=====
> 
> Code;  c015120e <init_once+1a/1c>
> 00000000 <_EIP>:
> Code;  c015120e <init_once+1a/1c>
>    0:   76 00                     jbe    2 <_EIP+0x2> c0151210 <__iget+0/4c>
> Code;  c0151210 <__iget+0/4c>
>    2:   53                        push   %ebx
> Code;  c0151211 <__iget+1/4c>
>    3:   8b 5c 24 08               mov    0x8(%esp,1),%ebx
> Code;  c0151215 <__iget+5/4c>
>    7:   8b 43 1c                  mov    0x1c(%ebx),%eax
> Code;  c0151218 <__iget+8/4c>
>    a:   85 c0                     test   %eax,%eax
> Code;  c015121a <__iget+a/4c>
>    c:   74 05                     je     13 <_EIP+0x13> c0151221 
> <__iget+11/4c>
> Code;  c015121c <__iget+c/4c>
>    e:   ff 43 1c                  incl   0x1c(%ebx)
> Code;  c015121f <__iget+f/4c>
>   11:   eb 38                     jmp    4b <_EIP+0x4b> c0151259 
> <__iget+49/4c>
> Code;  c0151221 <__iget+11/4c>
> 
>   13:   ff 43 1c                  incl   0x1c(%ebx)
> Code;  c0151224 <__iget+14/4c>
>   16:   f6 83 1c 01 00 00 0f      testb  $0xf,0x11c(%ebx)
> Code;  c015122b <__iget+1b/4c>
>   1d:   75 26                     jne    45 <_EIP+0x45> c0151253 
> <__iget+43/4c>
> Code;  c015122d <__iget+1d/4c>
>   1f:   8d 53 08                  lea    0x8(%ebx),%edx
> Code;  c0151230 <__iget+20/4c>
>   22:   8b 4a 04                  mov    0x4(%edx),%ecx
> Code;  c0151233 <__iget+23/4c>
>   25:   8b 43 08                  mov    0x8(%ebx),%eax
> Code;  c0151236 <__iget+26/4c>
>   28:   89 48 04                  mov    %ecx,0x4(%eax)
> Code;  c0151239 <__iget+29/4c>   <=====
>   2b:   89 01                     mov    %eax,(%ecx)   <=====
> Code;  c015123b <__iget+2b/4c>
>   2d:   a1 6c 9c 30 c0            mov    0xc0309c6c,%eax
> Code;  c0151240 <__iget+30/4c>
>   32:   89 50 04                  mov    %edx,0x4(%eax)
> Code;  c0151243 <__iget+33/4c>
>   35:   89 43 08                  mov    %eax,0x8(%ebx)
> Code;  c0151246 <__iget+36/4c>
>   38:   c7 42 04 6c 9c 30 c0      movl   $0xc0309c6c,0x4(%edx)
> Code;  c015124d <__iget+3d/4c>
>   3f:   89                        .byte 0x89
> 
> 
> 
> I have traced this code to fs/inode.c.  Producing assembler of inode.c gives 
> this (snipped):
> 
> __iget:
>         pushl %ebx
>         movl 8(%esp),%ebx
>         movl 28(%ebx),%eax
>         testl %eax,%eax
>         je .L3337
> #APP
>         incl 28(%ebx)
> #NO_APP
>         jmp .L3336
>         .p2align 4,,7
> .L3337:
> #APP
>         incl 28(%ebx)
> #NO_APP
>         testb $15,284(%ebx)
>         jne .L3340
>         leal 8(%ebx),%edx
>         movl 4(%edx),%ecx
>         movl 8(%ebx),%eax
>         movl %ecx,4(%eax)
>         movl %eax,(%ecx)   <===== >>EIP; c0151239 <__iget+29/4c>
>         movl inode_in_use,%eax
>         movl %edx,4(%eax)
>         movl %eax,8(%ebx)
>         movl $inode_in_use,4(%edx)
>         movl %edx,inode_in_use
> .L3340:
> 
> 
> Which quiet nicely matches the ksymoops output.  My books tell me the inode.s 
> file _should_ give me line numbers in inode.c so I can then locate area of 
> code - but I can't see how to match the produced assembler to the C source.
> 
> Hope this helps someone - and if you know who to get assembler code to match C 
> code via line numbers, I would like to know please.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Nick

-- 
~Randy