Re: [patch] i386: show_registers(): try harder to print failing code

[Jesper Juhl]

On 18/07/06, Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> show_registers() tries to dump failing code starting 43 bytes
> before the offending instruction, but this address can be bad,
> for example in a device driver where the failing instruction is
> less than 43 bytes from the start of the driver's code.  When that
> happens, try to dump code starting at the failing instruction
> instead of printing no code at all.
Shouldn't the kernel be printing some info noting that this fallback
is in use then? Or will that be completely obvious and I'm just not
able to see that?

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