Currently the "panic_print" parameter/sysctl allows some interesting debug information to be printed during a panic event. This is useful for example in cases the user cannot kdump due to resource limits, or if the user collects panic logs in a serial output (or pstore) and prefers a fast reboot instead of a kdump. Happens that currently there's no way to see all CPUs backtraces in a panic using "panic_print" on architectures that support that. We do have "oops_all_cpu_backtrace" sysctl, but although partially overlapping in the functionality, they are orthogonal in nature: "panic_print" is a panic tuning (and we have panics without oopses, like direct calls to panic() or maybe other paths that don't go through oops_enter() function), and the original purpose of "oops_all_cpu_backtrace" is to provide more information on oopses for cases in which the users desire to continue running the kernel even after an oops, i.e., used in non-panic scenarios. So, we hereby introduce an additional bit for "panic_print" to allow dumping the CPUs backtraces during a panic event. Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 1 + Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 1 + kernel/panic.c | 4 ++++ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 0905d2cdb2d5..569d035c4332 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3690,6 +3690,7 @@ bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on bit 4: print ftrace buffer bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer + bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch) panic_on_taint= Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint() Format: <hex>[,nousertaint] diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 70b7df9b081a..1666c1a9dbba 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -796,6 +796,7 @@ bit 2 print timer info bit 3 print locks info if ``CONFIG_LOCKDEP`` is on bit 4 print ftrace buffer bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer +bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch) ===== ============================================ So for example to print tasks and memory info on panic, user can:: diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c index cefd7d82366f..5da71fa4e5f1 100644 --- a/kernel/panic.c +++ b/kernel/panic.c @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(panic_timeout); #define PANIC_PRINT_LOCK_INFO 0x00000008 #define PANIC_PRINT_FTRACE_INFO 0x00000010 #define PANIC_PRINT_ALL_PRINTK_MSG 0x00000020 +#define PANIC_PRINT_ALL_CPU_BT 0x00000040 unsigned long panic_print; ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(panic_notifier_list); @@ -151,6 +152,9 @@ static void panic_print_sys_info(void) if (panic_print & PANIC_PRINT_ALL_PRINTK_MSG) console_flush_on_panic(CONSOLE_REPLAY_ALL); + if (panic_print & PANIC_PRINT_ALL_CPU_BT) + trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(); + if (panic_print & PANIC_PRINT_TASK_INFO) show_state(); -- 2.33.1
