Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: mm: print hexadecimal EC value in mem_abort_decode()

From: Anshuman Khandual
Date: Thu Aug 08 2019 - 01:49:26 EST




On 08/07/2019 06:03 AM, Miles Chen wrote:
> This change prints the hexadecimal EC value in mem_abort_decode(),
> which makes it easier to lookup the corresponding EC in
> the ARM Architecture Reference Manual.
>
> The commit 1f9b8936f36f ("arm64: Decode information from ESR upon mem
> faults") prints useful information when memory abort occurs. It would
> be easier to lookup "0x25" instead of "DABT" in the document. Then we
> can check the corresponding ISS.
>
> For example:
> Current info Document
> EC Exception class
> "CP15 MCR/MRC" 0x3 "MCR or MRC access to CP15a..."
> "ASIMD" 0x7 "Access to SIMD or floating-point..."
> "DABT (current EL)" 0x25 "Data Abort taken without..."
> ...
>
> Before:
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 000000000000c000
> Mem abort info:
> ESR = 0x96000046
> Exception class = DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
> SET = 0, FnV = 0
> EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
> Data abort info:
> ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000046
> CM = 0, WnR = 1
>
> After:
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 000000000000c000
> Mem abort info:
> ESR = 0x96000046
> EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
> SET = 0, FnV = 0
> EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
> Data abort info:
> ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000046
> CM = 0, WnR = 1
>
> Change since v1:
> print "EC" instead of "Exception class"
> print EC in fixwidth
>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <Mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Miles Chen <miles.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

This version implements the suggestion, hence it should have
also contained acked-by tag from Mark from earlier version.

Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>