[PATCH -mm] x86 boot : export boot_params via debugfs for debugging

From: Huang, Ying
Date: Tue Jan 08 2008 - 00:51:01 EST


This patch export the boot parameters via debugfs for debugging.

The files added are as follow:

boot_params/data : binary file for struct boot_params
boot_params/version : boot protocol version

This patch is based on 2.6.24-rc5-mm1 and has been tested on i386 and
x86_64 platform.

This patch is based on the Peter Anvin's proposal.

Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 7 ++++
arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_32 | 3 +-
arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64 | 2 -
arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/setup64.c | 4 ++
arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c | 4 ++
6 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Architecture specific debugfs files
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2007, Intel Corp.
+ * Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/stat.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
+#include <asm/setup.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
+static struct debugfs_blob_wrapper boot_params_blob = {
+ .data = &boot_params,
+ .size = sizeof(boot_params),
+};
+
+static int __init boot_params_kdebugfs_init(void)
+{
+ int error;
+ struct dentry *dbp, *version, *data;
+
+ dbp = debugfs_create_dir("boot_params", NULL);
+ if (!dbp) {
+ error = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_return;
+ }
+ version = debugfs_create_x16("version", S_IRUGO, dbp,
+ &boot_params.hdr.version);
+ if (!version) {
+ error = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_dir;
+ }
+ data = debugfs_create_blob("data", S_IRUGO, dbp,
+ &boot_params_blob);
+ if (!data) {
+ error = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_version;
+ }
+ return 0;
+err_version:
+ debugfs_remove(version);
+err_dir:
+ debugfs_remove(dbp);
+err_return:
+ return error;
+}
+#endif
+
+static int __init arch_kdebugfs_init(void)
+{
+ int error = 0;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
+ error = boot_params_kdebugfs_init();
+#endif
+
+ return error;
+}
+
+arch_initcall(arch_kdebugfs_init);
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -112,4 +112,11 @@ config IOMMU_LEAK
Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.

+config DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
+ bool "Debug boot parameters"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ depends on DEBUG_FS
+ help
+ This option will cause struct boot_params to be exported via debugfs.
+
endmenu
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_32
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_32
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds += -Ui386
obj-y := process_32.o signal_32.o entry_32.o traps_32.o irq_32.o \
time_32.o ioport_32.o ldt.o setup_32.o i8259_32.o sys_i386_32.o \
pci-dma_32.o i386_ksyms_32.o i387_32.o bootflag.o e820_32.o\
- quirks.o i8237.o topology.o alternative.o i8253.o tsc_32.o rtc.o
+ quirks.o i8237.o topology.o alternative.o i8253.o tsc_32.o \
+ rtc.o kdebugfs.o

obj-y += ptrace.o
obj-y += ds.o
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ obj-y := process_64.o signal_64.o entry_
x8664_ksyms_64.o i387_64.o syscall_64.o vsyscall_64.o \
setup64.o bootflag.o e820_64.o reboot_64.o quirks.o i8237.o \
pci-dma_64.o pci-nommu_64.o alternative.o hpet.o tsc_64.o bugs_64.o \
- i8253.o rtc.o
+ i8253.o rtc.o kdebugfs.o

obj-y += ptrace.o
obj-y += ds.o
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup64.c
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
#include <asm/sections.h>
#include <asm/setup.h>

+#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
struct boot_params __initdata boot_params;
+#else
+struct boot_params boot_params;
+#endif

cpumask_t cpu_initialized __cpuinitdata = CPU_MASK_NONE;

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -194,7 +194,11 @@ unsigned long saved_videomode;

static char __initdata command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];

+#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
struct boot_params __initdata boot_params;
+#else
+struct boot_params boot_params;
+#endif

#if defined(CONFIG_EDD) || defined(CONFIG_EDD_MODULE)
struct edd edd;

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