[PATCH] kdump: Use real pt_regs from exception

Makes kexec_crashdump() take a pt_regs * as an argument.  This allows to
get exact register state at the point of the crash.  If we come from direct
panic assertion NULL will be passed and the current registers saved before
crashdump.

This hooks into two places:
die(): check the conditions under which we will panic when calling
do_exit and go there directly with the pt_regs that caused the fatal
fault.

die_nmi(): If we receive an NMI lockup while in the kernel use the
pt_regs and go directly to crash_kexec(). We're probably nested up badly
at this point so this might be the only chance to escape with proper
information.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Nyberg <alexn@telia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c b/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
index 207ea8b..e458463 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
+#include <linux/kexec.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EISA
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
@@ -294,6 +295,9 @@ bug:
 	printk("Kernel BUG\n");
 }
 
+/* This is gone through when something in the kernel
+ * has done something bad and is about to be terminated.
+*/
 void die(const char * str, struct pt_regs * regs, long err)
 {
 	static struct {
@@ -341,6 +345,10 @@ void die(const char * str, struct pt_regs * regs, long err)
 	bust_spinlocks(0);
 	die.lock_owner = -1;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&die.lock);
+
+	if (kexec_should_crash(current))
+		crash_kexec(regs);
+
 	if (in_interrupt())
 		panic("Fatal exception in interrupt");
 
@@ -570,6 +578,15 @@ void die_nmi (struct pt_regs *regs, const char *msg)
 	console_silent();
 	spin_unlock(&nmi_print_lock);
 	bust_spinlocks(0);
+
+	/* If we are in kernel we are probably nested up pretty bad
+	 * and might aswell get out now while we still can.
+	*/
+	if (!user_mode(regs)) {
+		current->thread.trap_no = 2;
+		crash_kexec(regs);
+	}
+
 	do_exit(SIGSEGV);
 }