On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 11:32:46PM +0530, Naresh Kamboju wrote: > Yeah i see this case at my end also. > > my two cents, > I have two comments, > 1) shell check I'll fix these up; thanks for the suggestions! > Test output with set -x for debugging shell scripts. > [...] > ++ dmesg -c > +++ mktemp --tmpdir -t lkdtm-XXXXXX > ++ LOG=/tmp/lkdtm-r5yZ7K > ++ trap cleanup EXIT > ++ /bin/sh -c 'cat <(echo BUG) >/sys/kernel/debug/provoke-crash/DIRECT' > ++ true > ++ dmesg -c > ++ cat /tmp/lkdtm-r5yZ7K This is the part that is failing and I don't know why. clear the kernel event log: dmesg -c trigger the kernel event: /bin/sh -c 'cat <(echo BUG) >/sys/kernel/debug/provoke-crash/DIRECT' dump the newly added event logs into a file (set -x doesn't report redirection to /tmp/lkdtm-r5yZ7K): dmesg -c It seems /tmp/lkdtm-r5yZ7K is empty? -- Kees Cook