[patch] i386: early pagefault handler

From: Chuck Ebbert
Date: Wed Jul 05 2006 - 07:47:21 EST


Page faults during kernel initialization can be hard to diagnose.

Add a handler that prints the fault address, EIP and top of stack
when an early page fault happens.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

arch/i386/kernel/head.S | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 37 insertions(+)

--- 2.6.17-nb.orig/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
+++ 2.6.17-nb/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
@@ -378,8 +378,41 @@ rp_sidt:
addl $8,%edi
dec %ecx
jne rp_sidt
+
+ lea page_fault,%edi /* early page fault handler */
+ movw %di,%ax
+ andl $0x0000ffff,%edx
+ andl $0xffff0000,%edi
+ orl %edi,%edx
+ lea idt_table,%edi
+ movl %eax,8*14(%edi)
+ movl %edx,8*14+4(%edi)
+
ret

+/* This is the early page fault handler */
+ ALIGN
+page_fault:
+ cld
+#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
+ movl $(__KERNEL_DS),%eax
+ movl %eax,%ds
+ movl %eax,%es
+ movl %cr2,%eax
+ pushl %eax
+ pushl $pf_msg
+#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
+ call early_printk
+#else
+ call printk
+#endif
+#endif
+hlt_loop:
+ hlt
+1:
+ rep ; nop
+ jmp 1b
+
/* This is the default interrupt "handler" :-) */
ALIGN
ignore_int:
@@ -441,6 +474,10 @@ ready: .byte 0
int_msg:
.asciz "Unknown interrupt or fault at EIP %p %p %p\n"

+pf_msg:
+ .ascii "Pg flt: CR2 %p err %p EIP %p CS %p flags %p\n"
+ .asciz " Stk: %p %p %p %p %p %p %p %p\n"
+
/*
* The IDT and GDT 'descriptors' are a strange 48-bit object
* only used by the lidt and lgdt instructions. They are not
--
Chuck
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