[PATCH] kdump: Documentation for Kdump

This patch contains the documentation for the kexec based crash dump tool.

Quick kdump-howto
================================================================

1) Download and build kexec-tools.

2) Download and build the latest kexec/kdump (-mm) kernel patchset.
   Two kernels need to be built in order to get this feature working.

  A) First kernel:
   a) Enable "kexec system call" feature:
	CONFIG_KEXEC=y
   b) Physical load address (use default):
	CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x100000
   c) Enable "sysfs file system support":
	CONFIG_SYSFS=y
   d) Boot into first kernel with the command line parameter "crashkernel=Y@X":
      For example: "crashkernel=64M@16M".

  B) Second kernel:
   a) Enable "kernel crash dumps" feature:
	CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y
   b) Physical load addreess, use same load address as X in "crashkernel"
      kernel parameter in d) above, e.g., 16 MB or 0x1000000.
	CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x1000000
   c) Enable "/proc/vmcore support" (Optional, in Pseudo filesystems).
	CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE=y

3) Boot into the first kernel.

4) Load the second kernel to be booted using:

   kexec -p <second-kernel> --crash-dump --args-linux --append="root=<root-dev>
   maxcpus=1 init 1"

5) System reboots into the second kernel when a panic occurs. A module can be
   written to force the panic, for testing purposes.

6) See Documentation/kdump.txt for how to read the first kernel's
   memory image and how to analyze it.

Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <hari@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: randy_dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

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diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/gdbmacros.txt b/Documentation/kdump/gdbmacros.txt
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+#
+# This file contains a few gdb macros (user defined commands) to extract
+# useful information from kernel crashdump (kdump) like stack traces of
+# all the processes or a particular process and trapinfo.
+#
+# These macros can be used by copying this file in .gdbinit (put in home
+# directory or current directory) or by invoking gdb command with
+# --command=<command-file-name> option
+#
+# Credits:
+# Alexander Nyberg <alexn@telia.com>
+# V Srivatsa <vatsa@in.ibm.com>
+# Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com>
+#
+
+define bttnobp
+	set $tasks_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->tasks)
+	set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->pids[1].pid_list.next)
+	set $init_t=&init_task
+	set $next_t=(((char *)($init_t->tasks).next) - $tasks_off)
+	while ($next_t != $init_t)
+		set $next_t=(struct task_struct *)$next_t
+		printf "\npid %d; comm %s:\n", $next_t.pid, $next_t.comm
+		printf "===================\n"
+		set var $stackp = $next_t.thread.esp
+		set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
+
+		while ($stackp < $stack_top)
+			if (*($stackp) > _stext && *($stackp) < _sinittext)
+				info symbol *($stackp)
+			end
+			set $stackp += 4
+		end
+		set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
+		while ($next_th != $next_t)
+			set $next_th=(struct task_struct *)$next_th
+			printf "\npid %d; comm %s:\n", $next_t.pid, $next_t.comm
+			printf "===================\n"
+			set var $stackp = $next_t.thread.esp
+			set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
+
+			while ($stackp < $stack_top)
+				if (*($stackp) > _stext && *($stackp) < _sinittext)
+					info symbol *($stackp)
+				end
+				set $stackp += 4
+			end
+			set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
+		end
+		set $next_t=(char *)($next_t->tasks.next) - $tasks_off
+	end
+end
+document bttnobp
+	dump all thread stack traces on a kernel compiled with !CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
+end
+
+define btt
+	set $tasks_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->tasks)
+	set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->pids[1].pid_list.next)
+	set $init_t=&init_task
+	set $next_t=(((char *)($init_t->tasks).next) - $tasks_off)
+	while ($next_t != $init_t)
+		set $next_t=(struct task_struct *)$next_t
+		printf "\npid %d; comm %s:\n", $next_t.pid, $next_t.comm
+		printf "===================\n"
+		set var $stackp = $next_t.thread.esp
+		set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
+		set var $stack_bot = ($stackp & ~4095)
+
+		set $stackp = *($stackp)
+		while (($stackp < $stack_top) && ($stackp > $stack_bot))
+			set var $addr = *($stackp + 4)
+			info symbol $addr
+			set $stackp = *($stackp)
+		end
+
+		set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
+		while ($next_th != $next_t)
+			set $next_th=(struct task_struct *)$next_th
+			printf "\npid %d; comm %s:\n", $next_t.pid, $next_t.comm
+			printf "===================\n"
+			set var $stackp = $next_t.thread.esp
+			set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
+			set var $stack_bot = ($stackp & ~4095)
+
+			set $stackp = *($stackp)
+			while (($stackp < $stack_top) && ($stackp > $stack_bot))
+				set var $addr = *($stackp + 4)
+				info symbol $addr
+				set $stackp = *($stackp)
+			end
+			set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
+		end
+		set $next_t=(char *)($next_t->tasks.next) - $tasks_off
+	end
+end
+document btt
+	dump all thread stack traces on a kernel compiled with CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
+end
+
+define btpid
+	set var $pid = $arg0
+	set $tasks_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->tasks)
+	set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->pids[1].pid_list.next)
+	set $init_t=&init_task
+	set $next_t=(((char *)($init_t->tasks).next) - $tasks_off)
+	set var $pid_task = 0
+
+	while ($next_t != $init_t)
+		set $next_t=(struct task_struct *)$next_t
+
+		if ($next_t.pid == $pid)
+			set $pid_task = $next_t
+		end
+
+		set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
+		while ($next_th != $next_t)
+			set $next_th=(struct task_struct *)$next_th
+			if ($next_th.pid == $pid)
+				set $pid_task = $next_th
+			end
+			set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
+		end
+		set $next_t=(char *)($next_t->tasks.next) - $tasks_off
+	end
+
+	printf "\npid %d; comm %s:\n", $pid_task.pid, $pid_task.comm
+	printf "===================\n"
+	set var $stackp = $pid_task.thread.esp
+	set var $stack_top = ($stackp & ~4095) + 4096
+	set var $stack_bot = ($stackp & ~4095)
+
+	set $stackp = *($stackp)
+	while (($stackp < $stack_top) && ($stackp > $stack_bot))
+		set var $addr = *($stackp + 4)
+		info symbol $addr
+		set $stackp = *($stackp)
+	end
+end
+document btpid
+	backtrace of pid
+end
+
+
+define trapinfo
+	set var $pid = $arg0
+	set $tasks_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->tasks)
+	set $pid_off=((size_t)&((struct task_struct *)0)->pids[1].pid_list.next)
+	set $init_t=&init_task
+	set $next_t=(((char *)($init_t->tasks).next) - $tasks_off)
+	set var $pid_task = 0
+
+	while ($next_t != $init_t)
+		set $next_t=(struct task_struct *)$next_t
+
+		if ($next_t.pid == $pid)
+			set $pid_task = $next_t
+		end
+
+		set $next_th=(((char *)$next_t->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
+		while ($next_th != $next_t)
+			set $next_th=(struct task_struct *)$next_th
+			if ($next_th.pid == $pid)
+				set $pid_task = $next_th
+			end
+			set $next_th=(((char *)$next_th->pids[1].pid_list.next) - $pid_off)
+		end
+		set $next_t=(char *)($next_t->tasks.next) - $tasks_off
+	end
+
+	printf "Trapno %ld, cr2 0x%lx, error_code %ld\n", $pid_task.thread.trap_no, \
+				$pid_task.thread.cr2, $pid_task.thread.error_code
+
+end
+document trapinfo
+	Run info threads and lookup pid of thread #1
+	'trapinfo <pid>' will tell you by which trap & possibly
+	addresthe kernel paniced.
+end