diff -uprN linux-2.6.22.14/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c linux-2.6.22.14-new/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c --- linux-2.6.22.14/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c 2007-11-21 17:30:59.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-2.6.22.14-new/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c 2007-12-10 13:02:20.000000000 +0000 @@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ void die(const char * str, struct pt_reg #endif if (nl) printk("\n"); + sysfs_printk_last_file(); if (notify_die(DIE_OOPS, str, regs, err, current->thread.trap_no, SIGSEGV) != NOTIFY_STOP) { diff -uprN linux-2.6.22.14/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c linux-2.6.22.14-new/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c --- linux-2.6.22.14/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c 2007-11-21 17:30:59.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-2.6.22.14-new/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c 2007-12-10 13:03:22.000000000 +0000 @@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ void __kprobes __die(const char * str, s printk("DEBUG_PAGEALLOC"); #endif printk("\n"); + sysfs_printk_last_file(); notify_die(DIE_OOPS, str, regs, err, current->thread.trap_no, SIGSEGV); show_registers(regs); /* Executive summary in case the oops scrolled away */ diff -uprN linux-2.6.22.14/fs/sysfs/file.c linux-2.6.22.14-new/fs/sysfs/file.c --- linux-2.6.22.14/fs/sysfs/file.c 2007-11-21 17:30:59.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-2.6.22.14-new/fs/sysfs/file.c 2007-12-10 13:04:55.000000000 +0000 @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include @@ -15,6 +16,13 @@ #define to_sattr(a) container_of(a,struct subsys_attribute, attr) +/* used in crash dumps to help with debugging */ +static char last_sysfs_file[PATH_MAX]; +void sysfs_printk_last_file(void) +{ + printk(KERN_EMERG "last sysfs file: %s\n", last_sysfs_file); +} + /* * Subsystem file operations. * These operations allow subsystems to have files that can be @@ -253,6 +261,12 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode struct sysfs_buffer * buffer; struct sysfs_ops * ops = NULL; int error = 0; + char *p; + + p = d_path(file->f_dentry, sysfs_mount, last_sysfs_file, + sizeof(last_sysfs_file)); + if (p) + memmove(last_sysfs_file, p, strlen(p) + 1); if (!kobj || !attr) goto Einval; diff -uprN linux-2.6.22.14/include/linux/sysfs.h linux-2.6.22.14-new/include/linux/sysfs.h --- linux-2.6.22.14/include/linux/sysfs.h 2007-11-21 17:30:59.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-2.6.22.14-new/include/linux/sysfs.h 2007-12-10 13:00:20.000000000 +0000 @@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ void sysfs_remove_file_from_group(struct const struct attribute *attr, const char *group); void sysfs_notify(struct kobject * k, char *dir, char *attr); +void sysfs_printk_last_file(void); extern int sysfs_make_shadowed_dir(struct kobject *kobj, @@ -240,6 +241,11 @@ static inline int __must_check sysfs_ini return 0; } +static inline void sysfs_printk_last_file(void) +{ + ; +} + #endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */ #endif /* _SYSFS_H_ */