[patch 3/5] Add the end-of-trace marker and the module list to WARN_ON()

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Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...>, <akpm@...>, <heiko.carstens@...>, <olof@...>, <mingo@...>, <mpm@...>
Date: Saturday, January 5, 2008 - 11:10 pm

Subject: Add the end-of-trace marker and the module list to WARN_ON()
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
CC: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>

Unlike oopses, WARN_ON() currently does't print the loaded modules list.
This makes it harder to take action on certain bug reports. For example,
recently there were a set of WARN_ON()s reported in the mac80211 stack,
which were just signalling a driver bug. It takes then anther round trip
to the bug reporter (if he responds at all) to find out which driver
is at fault.

Another issue is that, unlike oopses, WARN_ON() doesn't currently printk
the helpful "cut here" line, nor the "end of trace" marker.
Now that WARN_ON() is out of line, the size increase due to this is
minimal and it's worth adding.

Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>

---
 kernel/panic.c |   16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6/kernel/panic.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24-rc6.orig/kernel/panic.c
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc6/kernel/panic.c
@@ -281,6 +281,13 @@ static int init_oops_id(void)
 }
 late_initcall(init_oops_id);
 
+static void print_oops_end_marker(void)
+{
+	init_oops_id();
+	printk(KERN_WARNING "---[ end trace %016llx ]---\n",
+		(unsigned long long)oops_id);
+}
+
 /*
  * Called when the architecture exits its oops handler, after printing
  * everything.
@@ -288,9 +295,7 @@ late_initcall(init_oops_id);
 void oops_exit(void)
 {
 	do_oops_enter_exit();
-	init_oops_id();
-	printk(KERN_WARNING "---[ end trace %016llx ]---\n",
-		(unsigned long long)oops_id);
+	print_oops_end_marker();
 }
 
 #ifdef WANT_WARNON_SLOWPATH
@@ -298,11 +303,14 @@ void warn_on_slowpath(const char *file, 
 {
 	char function[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
 	unsigned long caller = (unsigned long) __builtin_return_address(0);
-
 	sprint_symbol(function, caller);
+
+	printk(KERN_WARNING "------------[ cut here ]------------\n");
 	printk(KERN_WARNING "WARNING: at %s:%d %s()\n", file,
 		line, function);
+	print_modules();
 	dump_stack();
+	print_oops_end_marker();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(warn_on_slowpath);
 #endif



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Messages in current thread:
[patch 0/5] enhance WARN_ON series, Arjan van de Ven, (Sat Jan 5, 11:07 pm)
[PATCH] Add bug/warn marker to generic report_bug(), Olof Johansson, (Sun Jan 6, 4:22 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Add bug/warn marker to generic report_bug(), Arjan van de Ven, (Sun Jan 6, 5:38 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Add bug/warn marker to generic report_bug(), Olof Johansson, (Sun Jan 6, 9:22 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Add bug/warn marker to generic report_bug(), Arjan van de Ven, (Mon Jan 7, 12:55 am)
Re: [patch 0/5] enhance WARN_ON series, Ingo Molnar, (Sun Jan 6, 5:26 am)
[patch 4/5] bugh-remove-have_arch_bug--have_arch_warn, Arjan van de Ven, (Sat Jan 5, 11:11 pm)
[patch 5/5] PowerPC: switch to generic WARN_ON / BUG_ON, Arjan van de Ven, (Sat Jan 5, 11:12 pm)
Re: [patch 5/5] PowerPC: switch to generic WARN_ON / BUG_ON, Benjamin Herrenschmidt, (Sun Jan 6, 7:16 am)
[patch 3/5] Add the end-of-trace marker and the module list ..., Arjan van de Ven, (Sat Jan 5, 11:10 pm)
[patch 2/5] move WARN_ON() out of line, Arjan van de Ven, (Sat Jan 5, 11:09 pm)
Re: [patch 2/5] move WARN_ON() out of line, Olof Johansson, (Sun Jan 6, 3:40 pm)
[patch 1/5] Introduce __WARN(), Arjan van de Ven, (Sat Jan 5, 11:08 pm)
Re: [patch 1/5] Introduce __WARN(), Richard Knutsson, (Sun Jan 6, 7:44 am)
Re: [patch 1/5] Introduce __WARN(), Arjan van de Ven, (Sun Jan 6, 11:42 am)
Re: [patch 1/5] Introduce __WARN(), Richard Knutsson, (Sun Jan 6, 12:09 pm)
Re: [patch 1/5] Introduce __WARN(), Arjan van de Ven, (Sun Jan 6, 1:10 pm)
Re: [patch 1/5] Introduce __WARN(), Richard Knutsson, (Sun Jan 6, 1:42 pm)