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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0705312150210.11140@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Date:	Thu, 31 May 2007 21:50:50 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...ru>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, randy.dunlap@...cle.com,
	devel@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Report that kernel is tainted if there were an OOPS
 before (v2)


This seems to have died and remain unmerged as of yet... resubmit?



On Apr 17 2007 12:58, Pavel Emelianov wrote:

>Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:58:47 +0400
>From: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...ru>
>To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
>    Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
>    linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
>Cc: randy.dunlap@...cle.com, devel@...nvz.org
>Subject: [PATCH] Report that kernel is tainted if there were an OOPS before
>    (v2)
>
>If the kernel OOPS-ed or BUG-ed then it probably should
>considered as tainted. Use die_counter introduced by many
>architectures to determine whether or not the kernel died.
>
>This saves a lot of time explaining oddities in the
>calltrace seen via SysRq-P.
>
>Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...nvz.org>
>Signed-off-by: Kirill Korotaev <dev@...nvz.org>
>Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
>
>---
>
>diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
>index ea55ea8..dddbfe0 100644
>--- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
>+++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
>@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ characters, each representing a particul
>   7: 'U' if a user or user application specifically requested that the
>      Tainted flag be set, ' ' otherwise.
> 
>+  8: 'D' if a kernel has died recently, i.e. there was an OOPS or BUG
>+      before, ' ' otherwise. This is useful when seeing the calltrace
>+      from SysRq-P output.
>+
> The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel
> debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has
> occurred.  Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is
>diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
>index b3ffba1..764526c 100644
>--- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
>+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
>@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ void show_stack(struct task_struct *tsk,
> static void __die(const char *str, int err, struct thread_info *thread, struct pt_regs *regs)
> {
> 	struct task_struct *tsk = thread->task;
>-	static int die_counter;
> 
> 	printk("Internal error: %s: %x [#%d]\n", str, err, ++die_counter);
> 	print_modules();
>diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c
>index c8b7153..0829ebc 100644
>--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c
>+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/traps.c
>@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(die_lock);
> 
> void NORET_TYPE die(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, long err)
> {
>-	static int die_counter;
>-
> 	console_verbose();
> 	spin_lock_irq(&die_lock);
> 	bust_spinlocks(1);
>diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c b/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
>index 35d1c38..8531901 100644
>--- a/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
>+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
>@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ void die(const char * str, struct pt_reg
> 		.lock_owner =		-1,
> 		.lock_owner_depth =	0
> 	};
>-	static int die_counter;
> 	unsigned long flags;
> 
> 	oops_enter();
>diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c
>index 5bfb8be..7a1e8d8 100644
>--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c
>+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c
>@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ die (const char *str, struct pt_regs *re
> 		.lock_owner =		-1,
> 		.lock_owner_depth =	0
> 	};
>-	static int die_counter;
> 	int cpu = get_cpu();
> 
> 	if (die.lock_owner != cpu) {
>diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
>index 27c53f1..2c65120 100644
>--- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
>+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
>@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(die_lock);
> 
> NORET_TYPE void ATTRIB_NORET die(const char * str, struct pt_regs * regs)
> {
>-	static int die_counter;
> #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC
> 	unsigned long dvpret = dvpe();
> #endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC */
>diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
>index bf6445a..13bc4c7 100644
>--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
>+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
>@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ int die(const char *str, struct pt_regs 
> 		.lock_owner =		-1,
> 		.lock_owner_depth =	0
> 	};
>-	static int die_counter;
> 	unsigned long flags;
> 
> 	if (debugger(regs))
>diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c
>index 810f7aa..3a058fb 100644
>--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c
>+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c
>@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(die_lock);
> 
> int die(const char * str, struct pt_regs * fp, long err)
> {
>-	static int die_counter;
> 	int nl = 0;
> 	console_verbose();
> 	spin_lock_irq(&die_lock);
>diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/traps.c b/arch/s390/kernel/traps.c
>index 90ca82b..659f41c 100644
>--- a/arch/s390/kernel/traps.c
>+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/traps.c
>@@ -251,8 +251,6 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(die_lock);
> 
> void die(const char * str, struct pt_regs * regs, long err)
> {
>-	static int die_counter;
>-
> 	debug_stop_all();
> 	console_verbose();
> 	spin_lock_irq(&die_lock);
>diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/traps.c b/arch/sh/kernel/traps.c
>index e9f168f..38ae9de 100644
>--- a/arch/sh/kernel/traps.c
>+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/traps.c
>@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(die_lock);
> 
> void die(const char * str, struct pt_regs * regs, long err)
> {
>-	static int die_counter;
>-
> 	console_verbose();
> 	spin_lock_irq(&die_lock);
> 	bust_spinlocks(1);
>diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/traps.c
>index dc9ffea..b9b4ddd 100644
>--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/traps.c
>+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/traps.c
>@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ void instruction_dump (unsigned long *pc
> 
> void die_if_kernel(char *str, struct pt_regs *regs)
> {
>-	static int die_counter;
> 	int count = 0;
> 
> 	/* Amuse the user. */
>diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c
>index dc652f2..556189b 100644
>--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c
>+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c
>@@ -2208,7 +2208,6 @@ static inline struct reg_window *kernel_
> 
> void die_if_kernel(char *str, struct pt_regs *regs)
> {
>-	static int die_counter;
> 	extern void smp_report_regs(void);
> 	int count = 0;
> 	
>diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
>index e5403dc..93c4215 100644
>--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
>+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
>@@ -570,7 +570,6 @@ void __kprobes oops_end(unsigned long fl
> 
> void __kprobes __die(const char * str, struct pt_regs * regs, long err)
> {
>-	static int die_counter;
> 	printk(KERN_EMERG "%s: %04lx [%u] ", str, err & 0xffff,++die_counter);
> #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
> 	printk("PREEMPT ");
>diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/traps.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/traps.c
>index 693ab26..97cc4e2 100644
>--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/traps.c
>+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/traps.c
>@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(die_lock);
> 
> void die(const char * str, struct pt_regs * regs, long err)
> {
>-	static int die_counter;
> 	int nl = 0;
> 
> 	console_verbose();
>diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
>index b8f8252..54c4fc4 100644
>--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
>+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
>@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ extern enum system_states {
> #define TAINT_USER			(1<<6)
> 
> extern void dump_stack(void);
>+extern int die_counter;
> 
> #ifdef DEBUG
> /* If you are writing a driver, please use dev_dbg instead */
>diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
>index 623d182..e75eea4 100644
>--- a/kernel/panic.c
>+++ b/kernel/panic.c
>@@ -150,23 +150,27 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic);
>  *  'R' - User forced a module unload.
>  *  'M' - Machine had a machine check experience.
>  *  'B' - System has hit bad_page.
>+ *  'D' - An OOPS or BUG has happened.
>  *  'U' - Userspace-defined naughtiness.
>  *
>  *	The string is overwritten by the next call to print_taint().
>  */
>+
>+int die_counter;
>  
> const char *print_tainted(void)
> {
> 	static char buf[20];
>-	if (tainted) {
>-		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Tainted: %c%c%c%c%c%c%c",
>+	if (tainted || die_counter) {
>+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Tainted: %c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c",
> 			tainted & TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE ? 'P' : 'G',
> 			tainted & TAINT_FORCED_MODULE ? 'F' : ' ',
> 			tainted & TAINT_UNSAFE_SMP ? 'S' : ' ',
> 			tainted & TAINT_FORCED_RMMOD ? 'R' : ' ',
>  			tainted & TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK ? 'M' : ' ',
> 			tainted & TAINT_BAD_PAGE ? 'B' : ' ',
>-			tainted & TAINT_USER ? 'U' : ' ');
>+			tainted & TAINT_USER ? 'U' : ' ',
>+			die_counter ? 'D' : ' ');
> 	}
> 	else
> 		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Not tainted");
>-
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