For the gdb command lx-dmesg, the entire descriptor, info, and text
data regions are read into memory before printing any records. For
large kernel log buffers, this not only causes a huge delay before
seeing any records, but it may also lead to python errors of too
much memory allocation.
Rather than reading in all these regions in advance, read them as
needed and only read the regions for the particular record that is
being printed.
The gdb macro "dmesg" in Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/gdbmacros.txt
already prints out the kernel log buffer like this.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/874k79c3a9.fsf@jogness.linutronix.de
arm64 uses SP_EL0 to save the current task_struct address. While running
in EL0, SP_EL0 is clobbered by userspace. So if the upper bit is not 1
(not TTBR1), the current address is invalid. This patch checks the upper
bit of SP_EL0, if the upper bit is 1, lx_current() of arm64 will return
the derefrence of current task. Otherwise, lx_current() will tell users
they are running in userspace(EL0).
While arm64 is running in EL0, it is actually pointless to print current
task as the memory of kernel space is not accessible in EL0.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210314203444.15188-3-song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com
Signed-off-by: Barry Song <song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com>
Cc: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Patch series "scripts/gdb: clarify the platforms supporting lx_current and add arm64 support", v2.
lx_current depends on per_cpu current_task variable which exists on x86
only. so it actually works on x86 only. the 1st patch documents this
clearly; the 2nd patch adds support for arm64.
This patch (of 2):
x86 is the only architecture which has per_cpu current_task:
arch$ git grep current_task | grep -i per_cpu
x86/include/asm/current.h:DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, current_task);
x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, current_task) ____cacheline_aligned =
x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(current_task);
x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, current_task) = &init_task;
x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(current_task);
x86/kernel/smpboot.c: per_cpu(current_task, cpu) = idle;
On other architectures, lx_current() will lead to a python exception:
(gdb) p $lx_current().pid
Python Exception <class 'gdb.error'> No symbol "current_task" in current context.:
Error occurred in Python: No symbol "current_task" in current context.
To avoid more people struggling and wasting time in other architectures,
document it.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210314203444.15188-1-song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210314203444.15188-2-song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com
Signed-off-by: Barry Song <song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com>
Cc: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
As commit d0e628cd81 ("kbuild: doc: clarify the difference between
extra-y and always-y") explained, extra-y should be used for listing
the prerequisites of vmlinux.
These targets are not related to vmlinux. always-y is a better fix.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Pull printk updates from Petr Mladek:
"The big new thing is the fully lockless ringbuffer implementation,
including the support for continuous lines. It will allow to store and
read messages in any situation wihtout the risk of deadlocks and
without the need of temporary per-CPU buffers.
The access is still serialized by logbuf_lock. It synchronizes few
more operations, for example, temporary buffer for formatting the
message, syslog and kmsg_dump operations. The lock removal is being
discussed and should be ready for the next release.
The continuous lines are handled exactly the same way as before to
avoid regressions in user space. It means that they are appended to
the last message when the caller is the same. Only the last message
can be extended.
The data ring includes plain text of the messages. Except for an
integer at the beginning of each message that points back to the
descriptor ring with other metadata.
The dictionary has to stay. journalctl uses it to filter the log. It
allows to show messages related to a given device. The dictionary
values are stored in the descriptor ring with the other metadata.
This is the first part of the printk rework as discussed at Plumbers
2019, see https://lore.kernel.org/r/87k1acz5rx.fsf@linutronix.de. The
next big step will be handling consoles by kthreads during the normal
system operation. It will require special handling of situations when
the kthreads could not get scheduled, for example, early boot,
suspend, panic.
Other changes:
- Add John Ogness as a reviewer for printk subsystem. He is author of
the rework and is familiar with the code and history.
- Fix locking in serial8250_do_startup() to prevent lockdep report.
- Few code cleanups"
* tag 'printk-for-5.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux: (27 commits)
printk: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword
printk: reduce setup_text_buf size to LOG_LINE_MAX
printk: avoid and/or handle record truncation
printk: remove dict ring
printk: move dictionary keys to dev_printk_info
printk: move printk_info into separate array
printk: reimplement log_cont using record extension
printk: ringbuffer: add finalization/extension support
printk: ringbuffer: change representation of states
printk: ringbuffer: clear initial reserved fields
printk: ringbuffer: add BLK_DATALESS() macro
printk: ringbuffer: relocate get_data()
printk: ringbuffer: avoid memcpy() on state_var
printk: ringbuffer: fix setting state in desc_read()
kernel.h: Move oops_in_progress to printk.h
scripts/gdb: update for lockless printk ringbuffer
scripts/gdb: add utils.read_ulong()
docs: vmcoreinfo: add lockless printk ringbuffer vmcoreinfo
printk: reduce LOG_BUF_SHIFT range for H8300
printk: ringbuffer: support dataless records
...
Dictionaries are only used for SUBSYSTEM and DEVICE properties. The
current implementation stores the property names each time they are
used. This requires more space than otherwise necessary. Also,
because the dictionary entries are currently considered optional,
it cannot be relied upon that they are always available, even if the
writer wanted to store them. These issues will increase should new
dictionary properties be introduced.
Rather than storing the subsystem and device properties in the
dict ring, introduce a struct dev_printk_info with separate fields
to store only the property values. Embed this struct within the
struct printk_info to provide guaranteed availability.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87mu1jl6ne.fsf@jogness.linutronix.de
Add support for extending the newest data block. For this, introduce
a new finalization state (desc_finalized) denoting a committed
descriptor that cannot be extended.
Until a record is finalized, a writer can reopen that record to
append new data. Reopening a record means transitioning from the
desc_committed state back to the desc_reserved state.
A writer can explicitly finalize a record if there is no intention
of extending it. Also, records are automatically finalized when a
new record is reserved. This relieves writers of needing to
explicitly finalize while also making such records available to
readers sooner. (Readers can only traverse finalized records.)
Four new memory barrier pairs are introduced. Two of them are
insignificant additions (data_realloc:A/desc_read:D and
data_realloc:A/data_push_tail:B) because they are alternate path
memory barriers that exactly match the purpose, pairing, and
context of the two existing memory barrier pairs they provide an
alternate path for. The other two new memory barrier pairs are
significant additions:
desc_reopen_last:A / _prb_commit:B - When reopening a descriptor,
ensure the state transitions back to desc_reserved before
fully trusting the descriptor data.
_prb_commit:B / desc_reserve:D - When committing a descriptor,
ensure the state transitions to desc_committed before checking
the head ID to see if the descriptor needs to be finalized.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200914123354.832-6-john.ogness@linutronix.de
Rather than deriving the state by evaluating bits within the flags
area of the state variable, assign the states explicit values and
set those values in the flags area. Introduce macros to make it
simple to read and write state values for the state variable.
Although the functionality is preserved, the binary representation
for the states is changed.
Signed-off-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200914123354.832-5-john.ogness@linutronix.de
* pm-sleep:
PM: sleep: spread "const char *" correctness
PM: hibernate: fix white space in a few places
freezer: Add unsafe version of freezable_schedule_timeout_interruptible() for NFS
PM: sleep: core: Emit changed uevent on wakeup_sysfs_add/remove
* pm-domains:
PM: domains: Restore comment indentation for generic_pm_domain.child_links
PM: domains: Fix up terminology with parent/child
* powercap:
powercap: Add Power Limit4 support
powercap: idle_inject: Replace play_idle() with play_idle_precise() in comments
powercap: intel_rapl: add support for Sapphire Rapids
* pm-tools:
pm-graph v5.7 - important s2idle fixes
cpupower: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones
cpupower: Fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck errors
cpupower: Fix comparing pointer to 0 coccicheck warns
Commit ed66f991bb ("module: Refactor section attr into bin attribute")
removed the 'name' field from 'struct module_sect_attr' triggering the
following error when invoking lx-symbols:
(gdb) lx-symbols
loading vmlinux
scanning for modules in linux/build
loading @0xffffffffc014f000: linux/build/drivers/net/tun.ko
Python Exception <class 'gdb.error'> There is no member named name.:
Error occurred in Python: There is no member named name.
This patch fixes the issue taking the module name from the 'struct
attribute'.
Fixes: ed66f991bb ("module: Refactor section attr into bin attribute")
Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200722102239.313231-1-sgarzare@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
The genpd infrastructure uses the terms master/slave, but such uses have
no external exposures (not even in Documentation/driver-api/pm/*) and are
not mandated by nor associated with any external specifications. Change
the language used through-out to parent/child.
There was one possible exception in the debugfs node
"pm_genpd/pm_genpd_summary" but its path has no hits outside of the
kernel itself when performing a code search[1], and it seems even this
single usage has been non-functional since it was introduced due to a
typo in the Python ("apend" instead of correct "append"). Fix the typo
while we're at it.
Link: https://codesearch.debian.net/ # [1]
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
gcc's -freorder-blocks-and-partition option makes it group frequently
and infrequently used code in .text.hot and .text.unlikely sections
respectively. At least when building modules on s390, this option is
used by default.
gdb assumes that all code is located in .text section, and that .text
section is located at module load address. With such modules this is no
longer the case: there is code in .text.hot and .text.unlikely, and
either of them might precede .text.
Fix by explicitly telling gdb the addresses of code sections.
It might be tempting to do this for all sections, not only the ones in
the white list. Unfortunately, gdb appears to have an issue, when
telling it about e.g. loadable .note.gnu.build-id section causes it to
think that non-loadable .note.Linux section is loaded at address 0,
which in turn causes NULL pointers to be resolved to bogus symbols. So
keep using the white list approach for the time being.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191028152734.13065-1-iii@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Currently lx-symbols assumes that module text is always located at
module->core_layout->base, but s390 uses the following layout:
+------+ <- module->core_layout->base
| GOT |
+------+ <- module->core_layout->base + module->arch->plt_offset
| PLT |
+------+ <- module->core_layout->base + module->arch->plt_offset +
| TEXT | module->arch->plt_size
+------+
Therefore, when trying to debug modules on s390, all the symbol
addresses are skewed by plt_offset + plt_size.
Fix by adding plt_offset + plt_size to module_addr in
load_module_symbols().
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191017085917.81791-1-iii@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
When CONFIG_PRINTK_CALLER is set, struct printk_log contains an
additional member caller_id. This affects the offset of the log text.
Account for this by using the type information from gdb to determine all
the offsets instead of using hardcoded values.
This fixes following error:
(gdb) lx-dmesg
Python Exception <class 'ValueError'> embedded null character:
Error occurred in Python command: embedded null character
The read_u* utility functions now take an offset argument to make them
easier to use.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191011142500.2339-1-joel.colledge@linbit.com
Signed-off-by: Joel Colledge <joel.colledge@linbit.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc: Kieran Bingham <kbingham@kernel.org>
Cc: Leonard Crestez <leonard.crestez@nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
