On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 3:26 AM, Muni Sekhar <munisekharrms@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Let’s assume WARNING message says something like:
>
>
> [ 0.000000] Call Trace:
>
> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81762590>] dump_stack+0x45/0x56
>
> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8106dd2d>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7d/0xa0
>
> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8106dde4>] warn_slowpath_fmt_taint+0x44/0x50
>
> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8143329c>] ? acpi_tb_acquire_table+0x3e/0x6c
>
> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81765070>] warn_invalid_dmar+0x81/0x93
>
> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81d8989d>] detect_intel_iommu+0xe9/0x172
>
> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81d3c84f>] pci_iommu_alloc+0x4a/0x6c
>
> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81d4cb4b>] mem_init+0x17/0x9c
>
> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81d31e80>] start_kernel+0x23b/0x47d
>
> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81d31a4e>] ? set_init_arg+0x53/0x53
>
> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81d31120>] ? early_idt_handlers+0x120/0x120
>
> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81d315ee>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x2c
>
> [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81d31733>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x143/0x152
>
> [ 0.000000] ---[ end trace c32c0e307381ad8a ]---
>
>
>
> Few symbols in the above mentioned call trace are prefixed with “?”
> (for e.g. ?early_idt_handlers\? set_init_arg\?
> acpi_tb_acquire_table), what does it mean?
> Does it needs to be considered while debugging the kernel module?
Hi,
There is an explanation about the meaning of these '?' here:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks
--
Augusto Mecking Caringi
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