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2009-02-10stackprotector: update make rulesTejun Heo
Impact: no default -fno-stack-protector if stackp is enabled, cleanup Stackprotector make rules had the following problems. * cc support test and warning are scattered across makefile and kernel/panic.c. * -fno-stack-protector was always added regardless of configuration. Update such that cc support test and warning are contained in makefile and -fno-stack-protector is added iff stackp is turned off. While at it, prepare for 32bit support. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-05modpost: NOBITS sections may point beyond the end of the fileTejun Heo
Impact: fix link failure on certain toolchains with specific configs Recent percpu change made x86_64 split .data.init section into three separate segments - data.init, percpu and data.init2. data.init2 gets .data.nosave and .bss.* and is followed by .notes segment. Depending on configuration both segments might contain no data, in which case the tool chain makes the section header to contain offset beyond the end of the file. modpost isn't too happy about it and fails build - as reported by Pawel Dziekonski: Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 416 modules FATAL: vmlinux is truncated. sechdrs[i].sh_offset=10354688 > sizeof(*hrd)=64 make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1 Teach modpost that NOBITS section may point beyond the end of the file and that .modinfo can't be NOBITS. Reported-by: Pawel Dziekonski <dzieko@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-03Merge branches 'tracing/ftrace', 'tracing/kmemtrace' and 'linus' into ↵Ingo Molnar
tracing/core
2009-01-31kbuild: drop check for CONFIG_ in headers_checkSam Ravnborg
The check for references to CONFIG_ symbols in exported headers turned out to be too agressive with the current state of affairs. After the work of Jaswinder to clean up all relevant cases we are down to almost pure noise. So lets drop the check for now - we can always add it back later should our headers be ready for that. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-fixesLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-fixes: kbuild: fix kbuild.txt typos kbuild: print usage with no arguments in scripts/config Revert "kbuild: strip generated symbols from *.ko"
2009-01-20PNP: fix broken pnp lowercasing for acpi module aliasesKay Sievers
Based on a patch from Brian, who identified the issue. Signed-off-by: Bryan Kadzban <bryan@kadzban.is-a-geek.net> Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-18ftrace: test for running of recordmcount.pl twice on an objectSteven Rostedt
Impact: fix failure of dynamic function tracer selftest In a course of development, a developer does several makes on their kernel. Sometimes, the make might do something abnormal. In the case of running the recordmcount.pl script on an object twice, the script will duplicate all the calls to mcount in the __mcount_loc section. On boot up, the dynamic function tracer is careful when it modifies code, and performs several consistency checks. One is to not modify the call site if it is not what it expects it to be. If a function call site is listed twice, the first entry will convert the site to a nop, and the second will fail because it expected to see a call to mcount, but instead it sees a nop. Thus, the function tracer is disabled. Eric Sesterhenn reported seeing: [ 1.055440] ftrace: converting mcount calls to 0f 1f 44 00 00 [ 1.055568] ftrace: allocating 29418 entries in 116 pages [ 1.061000] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 1.061000] WARNING: at kernel/trace/ftrace.c:441 [...] [ 1.060000] ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da23 ]--- [ 1.060000] ftrace failed to modify [<c0118072>] check_corruption+0x3/0x2d [ 1.060000] actual: 0f:1f:44:00:00 This warning shows that check_corruption+0x3 already had a nop in its place (0x0f1f440000). After compiling another kernel the problem went away. Later Eric Paris notice the same type of issue. Luckily, he saved the vmlinux file that caused it. In the file we found a bunch of duplicate mcount call site records, which lead us to the script. Perhaps this problem only happens to people named Eric. This patch changes the script to test if the __mcount_loc already exists in the object file, and if it does, it will print out an error message and kill the compile. Reported-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@gmx.de> Reported-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-18Merge branch 'tracing/ftrace'; commit 'v2.6.29-rc2' into tracing/coreIngo Molnar
2009-01-15checkpatch: version: 0.27Andy Whitcroft
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-15checkpatch: struct seq_operations should normally be constAndy Whitcroft
In the general use case struct seq_operations should be a const object. Check for and warn where it is not. Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-15checkpatch: if should not continue a preceeding braceAndy Whitcroft
We should not be continuing a braced section with an if, for example: if (...) { } if (...) { } Detect this and suggest adding a newline. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-15checkpatch: allow parentheses on return handle array valuesAndy Whitcroft
When we allow return to have surrounding parentheses when containing comparison operators we are not correctly handling the case where the values contain array sufffixes. Squash them. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-15checkpatch: type/cast spacing should not check prefix spacingAndy Whitcroft
We should not be complaining about the prefix spacing for types and casts. We are triggering here because the check for spacing between '*'s is overly loose. Tighten this up. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-15checkpatch: handle missing #if open in contextAndy Whitcroft
If the #if opening statement is not in the context then the context stack can be empty. Handle this by ensuring there is always a blank entry in the stack. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Tested-by: Dhaval Giani <dhaval@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-14kbuild: print usage with no arguments in scripts/configAndi Kleen
Requested by Sam. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2009-01-14Revert "kbuild: strip generated symbols from *.ko"Sam Ravnborg
This reverts commit ad7a953c522ceb496611d127e51e278bfe0ff483. And commit: ("allow stripping of generated symbols under CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL") 9bb482476c6c9d1ae033306440c51ceac93ea80c These stripping patches has caused a set of issues: 1) People have reported compatibility issues with binutils due to lack of support for `--strip-unneeded-symbols' with objcopy 2.15.92.0.2 Reported by: Wenji 2) ccache and distcc no longer works as expeced Reported by: Ted, Roland, + others 3) The installed modules increased a lot in size Reported by: Ted, Davej + others Reported-by: Wenji Huang <wenji.huang@oracle.com> Reported-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Reported-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2009-01-14ftrace, ia64: Add recordmcount for ia64Shaohua Li
Add recordmcount for ia64. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-14ftrace, ia64: explictly ignore a file in recordmcount.plShaohua Li
In IA64, a function pointer isn't a 'unsigned long' but a 'struct {unsigned long ip, unsigned long gp}'. MCOUNT_ADDR is determined at link time not compile time, so explictly ignore kernel/trace/ftrace.o in recordmcount.pl. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-14ftrace, ia64: make recordmcount distinct module compileShaohua Li
In IA64, module build and kernel build use different option. Make recordmcount.pl differentiate the two cases. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-12script: improve markup_oops.pl to also decode oopses in modulesArjan van de Ven
There has been some light flamewar on lkml about decoding oopses in modules (as part of the crashdump flamewar). Now this isn't rocket science, just the markup_oops.pl script cheaped out and didn't handle modules. But really; a flamewar all about that?? What happened to C++ in the kernel or reading files from inside the kernel? This patch adds module support to markup_oops.pl; it's not the most pretty perl but it works for my testcases... Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-10bootgraph: make the bootgraph script show async waiting timeArjan van de Ven
It is useful for diagnosing boot performance to see where async function calls are waiting on serialization... this patch adds this functionality to the bootgraph.pl script. The waiting time is shown as a half transparent, gray bar through the block that is waiting. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-10Merge branch 'linus' into x86/setup-lzmaIngo Molnar
Conflicts: init/do_mounts_rd.c
2009-01-07kconfig: add script to manipulate .config files on the command lineAndi Kleen
I often change single options in .config files. Instead of using an editor or one of the frontends it's convenient to do this from the command line. It's also useful to do from automated build scripts when building different variants from a base config file. I extracted most of the CONFIG manipulation code from one of my build scripts into a new shell script scripts/config The script is not integrated with the normal Kconfig machinery and doesn't do any checking against Kconfig files, but just manipulates that text format. This is always done at make time anyways. I believe this script would be a useful standard addition for scripts/* Sample usage: ./scripts/config --disable smp Disable SMP in .config file ./scripts/config --file otherdir/.config --module e1000e Enable E1000E as module in otherdir/.config ./scripts/config --state smp y Check state of config option CONFIG_SMP After merging into git please make scripts/config executable Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2009-01-07kbuild: reintroduce ALLSOURCE_ARCHS support for tags/cscopeJike Song
This patch reintroduce the ALLSOURCE_ARCHS support for tags/TAGS/ cscope targets. The Kbuild previously has this feature, but after moving the targets into scripts/tags.sh, ALLSOURCE_ARCHS disappears. It's something like this: $ make ALLSOURCE_ARCHS="x86 mips arm" tags cscope Signed-off-by: Jike Song <albcamus@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2009-01-07bootchart: improve output based on Dave Jones' feedbackArjan van de Ven
Dave Jones, in his blog, had some feedback about the bootchart script: Primarily his complaint was that shorter delays weren't visualized. The reason for that was that too small delays will have their labels mixed up in the graph in an unreadable mess. This patch has a fix for this; for one, it makes the output wider, so more will fit. The second part is that smaller delays are now shown with a much smaller font for the label; while this isn't per se readable at a 1:1 zoom, at least you can zoom in with most SVG viewing applications and see what it is you are looking at. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2009-01-07fix modules_install via NFSSam Ravnborg
Rafael reported: I get the following error from 'make modules_install' on my test boxes: HOSTCC firmware/ihex2fw /home/rafael/src/linux-2.6/firmware/ihex2fw.c:268: fatal error: opening dependency file firmware/.ihex2fw.d: Read-only file system compilation terminated. make[3]: *** [firmware/ihex2fw] Error 1 make[2]: *** [_modinst_post] Error 2 make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2 where the configuration is that the kernel is compiled on a build box with 'make O=<destdir> -j5' and then <destdir> is mounted over NFS read-only by each test box (full path to this directory is the same on the build box and on the test boxes). Then, I cd into <destdir>, run 'make modules_install' and get the error above. The issue turns out to be that we when we install firmware pick up the list of firmware blobs from firmware/Makefile. And this triggers the Makefile rules to update ihex2fw. There were two solutions for this issue: 1) Move the list of firmware blobs to a separate file 2) Avoid ihex2fw rebuild by moving it to scripts As I seriously beleive that the list of firmware blobs should be done in a fundamental different way solution 2) was selected. Reported-and-tested-by: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
2009-01-07bzip2/lzma: fix built-in initramfs vs CONFIG_RD_GZIPAlain Knaff
Impact: Resolves build failures in some configurations Makes it possible to disable CONFIG_RD_GZIP . In that case, the built-in initramfs will be compressed by whatever compressor is available (bzip2 or lzma) or left uncompressed if none is available. It also removes a couple of warnings which occur when no ramdisk compression at all is chosen. It also restores the select ZLIB_INFLATE in drivers/block/Kconfig which somehow came missing. This is needed to activate compilation of the stuff in zlib_deflate. Signed-off-by: Alain Knaff <alain@knaff.lu> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2009-01-06checkpatch: version: 0.26Andy Whitcroft
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: fix the perlcritic errorsAndy Whitcroft
Clean up checkpatch using perlcritic. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: struct file_operations should normally be constAndy Whitcroft
In the general use case struct file_operations should be a const object. Check for and warn where it is not. As suggested by Steven and Ingo. Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: ensure we actually detect if assignments split across linesAndy Whitcroft
When checking for assignments within if conditionals we check the whole of the condition, but the match is performed using a line constrained regular expression. This means we can miss split conditionals or those on the second line. Allow the check to span lines. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: do not report nr_static as a static declarationAndy Whitcroft
Ensure we do not report identifiers containing the word static as static declarations. For example this should not be reported as an unecessary assignement of 0: long nr_static = 0; Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: track #ifdef/#else/#endif when tracking blocksAndy Whitcroft
When picking up a complete statement or block for analysis we cannot simply track open/close/etc parenthesis we must take into account preprocessor section boundaries. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: fix continuation detection when handling spacing on operatorsAndy Whitcroft
We are miscategorising a continuation fragment following an operator which may lead to us thinking that there is a space after it when there is not. Fix this up. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: loosen spacing on typedef function checksAndy Whitcroft
Loosen spacing checks to correctly detect this valid use of a typedef: typedef struct rcu_data *(*get_data_func)(int); Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: try to catch missing VMLINUX_SYMBOL() in vmlinux.lds.hMike Frysinger
Seems like every other release we have someone who updates vmlinux.lds.h and adds C-visible symbols without VMLINUX_SYMBOL() around them. So start checking the file and reject assignments which have plain symbols on either side. [apw@canonical.com: soften the check, add tests] Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: allow parentheses on return for comparisonsAndy Whitcroft
It seems to be a common idiom to include braces on conditionals in all contexts including return. Allow this exception to the return is not a function checks. Reported by Kay Sievers. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: Add warning for p0-patchesWolfram Sang
Some people work internally with -p0-patches which has the danger that one forgets to convert them to -p1 before mainlining. Bitten myself and seen p0-patches in mailing lists occasionally, this patch adds a warning to checkpatch.pl in case a patch is -p0. If you really want, you can fool this check to generate false positives, this is why it just spits a warning. Making the check 100% proof is trickier than it looks, so let's start with a version which catches the cases of real use. [apw@canonical.com: update message language, handle null prefix, add tests] Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: update copyrightsAndy Whitcroft
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: version: 0.25Andy Whitcroft
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: dissallow spaces between stars in pointer typesAndy Whitcroft
Disallow spaces within multiple pointer stars (*) in both casts and definitions. Both of these would now be reported: (char * *) char * *foo; Also now consistently detects and reports the attributes within these structures making the error report itself clearer. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: comment ends inside strings is most likely not an open commentAndy Whitcroft
When we are detecting whether a comment is open when we start a hunk we check for the first comment edge in the hunk and assume its inverse. However if the hunk contains something like below, then we will assume that a comment was open. Update this heuristic to see if the comment edge is obviously within double quotes and ignore it if so: foo(" */); Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: detect multiple bitfield declarationsAndy Whitcroft
Detect the colons (:) which make up secondary bitfield declarations and apply binary colon checks. For example the following is common idiom: int foo:1, bar:1; Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: __weak is an official attributeAndy Whitcroft
Add __weak as an official attribute. This tends to be used in a location where the automated attribute detector misses it. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: structure member assignments are not complexAndy Whitcroft
Ensure we do not trigger the complex macros checks on structure member assignment, for example: #define foo .bar = 10 Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: widen implied comment detection to allow multiple starsAndy Whitcroft
Some people use double star '**' as a comment continuation, and start comments with complete lines of stars. Widen the implied comment detection to pick these up. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: comment detection may miss an implied comment on the last hunkAndy Whitcroft
When detecting implied comments from leading stars we may incorrectly think we have detected an edge one way or the other when we have not if we drop off the end of the last hunk. Fix this up. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06checkpatch: add checks for in_atomic()Andy Whitcroft
in_atomic() is not for driver use so report any such use as an ERROR. Also in_atomic() is often used to determine if we may sleep, but it is not reliable in this use model therefore strongly discourage its use. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06scripts: script from kerneloops.org to pretty print oops dumpsArjan van de Ven
We're struggling all the time to figure out where the code came from that oopsed.. The script below (a adaption from a script used by kerneloops.org) can help developers quite a bit, at least for non-module cases. It works and looks like this: [/home/arjan/linux]$ dmesg | perl scripts/markup_oops.pl vmlinux { struct agp_memory *memory; memory = agp_allocate_memory(agp_bridge, pg_count, type); c055c10f: 89 c2 mov %eax,%edx if (memory == NULL) c055c111: 74 19 je c055c12c <agp_allocate_memory_wrap+0x30> /* This function must only be called when current_controller != NULL */ static void agp_insert_into_pool(struct agp_memory * temp) { struct agp_memory *prev; prev = agp_fe.current_controller->pool; c055c113: a1 ec dc 8f c0 mov 0xc08fdcec,%eax *c055c118: 8b 40 10 mov 0x10(%eax),%eax <----- faulting instruction if (prev != NULL) { c055c11b: 85 c0 test %eax,%eax c055c11d: 74 05 je c055c124 <agp_allocate_memory_wrap+0x28> prev->prev = temp; c055c11f: 89 50 04 mov %edx,0x4(%eax) temp->next = prev; c055c122: 89 02 mov %eax,(%edx) } agp_fe.current_controller->pool = temp; c055c124: a1 ec dc 8f c0 mov 0xc08fdcec,%eax c055c129: 89 50 10 mov %edx,0x10(%eax) if (memory == NULL) return NULL; agp_insert_into_pool(memory); so in this case, we faulted while dereferencing agp_fe.current_controller pointer, and we get to see exactly which function and line it affects... Personally I find this very useful, and I can see value for having this script in the kernel for more-than-just-me to use. Caveats: * It only works for oopses not-in-modules * It only works nicely for kernels compiled with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO * It's not very fast. * It only works on x86 Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-04bzip2/lzma: handle failures from bzip2 and lzma correctlyH. Peter Anvin
Impact: Bug fix If bzip2 or lzma fails (for example, if they aren't installed on the system), we need to propagate the failure out to "make". However, they were masked by being followed by a semicolon. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>