[PATCH 02/46] sysfs: crash debugging

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Oct 16 2008 - 13:16:43 EST


From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Print the name of the last-accessed sysfs file when we oops, to help track
down oopses which occur in sysfs store/read handlers. Because these oopses
tend to not leave any trace of the offending code in the stack traces.

Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c | 2 ++
fs/sysfs/file.c | 13 +++++++++++++
include/linux/sysfs.h | 6 ++++++
4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
index 201ee35..1a78180 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_32.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/kexec.h>
#include <linux/bug.h>
#include <linux/nmi.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>

#include <asm/stacktrace.h>

@@ -343,6 +344,7 @@ int __kprobes __die(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, long err)
printk("DEBUG_PAGEALLOC");
#endif
printk("\n");
+ sysfs_printk_last_file();
if (notify_die(DIE_OOPS, str, regs, err,
current->thread.trap_no, SIGSEGV) == NOTIFY_STOP)
return 1;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
index 086cc81..96a5db7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/kexec.h>
#include <linux/bug.h>
#include <linux/nmi.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>

#include <asm/stacktrace.h>

@@ -489,6 +490,7 @@ int __kprobes __die(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, long err)
printk("DEBUG_PAGEALLOC");
#endif
printk("\n");
+ sysfs_printk_last_file();
if (notify_die(DIE_OOPS, str, regs, err,
current->thread.trap_no, SIGSEGV) == NOTIFY_STOP)
return 1;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index c9e4e50..ce8339c 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -19,10 +19,18 @@
#include <linux/poll.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>

#include "sysfs.h"

+/* 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);
+}
+
/*
* There's one sysfs_buffer for each open file and one
* sysfs_open_dirent for each sysfs_dirent with one or more open
@@ -328,6 +336,11 @@ static int sysfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
struct sysfs_buffer *buffer;
struct sysfs_ops *ops;
int error = -EACCES;
+ char *p;
+
+ p = d_path(&file->f_path, last_sysfs_file, sizeof(last_sysfs_file));
+ if (p)
+ memmove(last_sysfs_file, p, strlen(p) + 1);

/* need attr_sd for attr and ops, its parent for kobj */
if (!sysfs_get_active_two(attr_sd))
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 37fa241..8ec406a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ void sysfs_remove_file_from_group(struct kobject *kobj,

void sysfs_notify(struct kobject *kobj, char *dir, char *attr);

+void sysfs_printk_last_file(void);
+
extern int __must_check sysfs_init(void);

#else /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
@@ -231,6 +233,10 @@ static inline int __must_check sysfs_init(void)
return 0;
}

+static inline void sysfs_printk_last_file(void)
+{
+}
+
#endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */

#endif /* _SYSFS_H_ */
--
1.6.0.2

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