Re: [Xen-devel] dumping Xen stack

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/05/16 18:11, Zytaruk, Kelly wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andrew Cooper [mailto:andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 12:40 PM
>> To: Zytaruk, Kelly; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] dumping Xen stack
>>
>> On 09/05/16 17:37, Zytaruk, Kelly wrote:
>>> Does Xen have an equivalent function to the Linux dump_stack() function?
>>>
>>> I am hitting a panic followed by a reboot and would like to find out where 
>>> I am
>> coming from.
>>
>> At the point of a crash, the stack should be printed on the console.
> The only thing I am seeing on the console is the panic message followed by 
> the system will reboot in 5 sec.

Ah - plain panic()s don't automatically dump register/stack information.

>> Alternatively, show_execution_state() at any point should dump the Xen
>> register/stack.
> I looked up show_execution_state() and show_trace() and they both require a 
> pointer to registers.
> I am hitting a panic during boot in queue_invalidate_wait() in 
> .../drivers/passthrough/vtd/qinval.c .  I am not sure how to get the register 
> pointer from here.

Oops sorry - I meant dump_execution_state() which takes no parameters.

~Andrew

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